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Under the guidance of Dr David Jukes, research on food law issues is conducted within Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences. The following provides brief details of the type of work that has been undertaken in the past and of current activities.

Postgraduate work (leading to PhD degree)

• A Food Safety Control Strategy for Developing Countries (1989)
  by Rosemary Anyanwu (Nigeria)
  The following papers were published based on this work:
  • Anyanwu R. C. and Jukes D. J. (1990), "Food Safety Control Systems For Developing Countries", Food Control, 1(1), 17-26
  • Anyanwu R. C. and Jukes D. J. (1991), "Food Systems And Food Control In Nigeria", Food Policy, 16(2), 112-126

• Food Safety Regulation: An Examination of Pesticide Regulation and the Apple Industry in the UK and Canada (1995)
  by Tara Smith (Canada)
  The following paper was published based on this work:
  • Smith T. and Jukes D. J. (1997), "Food Control Systems in Canada", Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 37(3), 229-251

• Regulation of Functional Foods: The Development of Appropriate International Control Strategies (2000)
  by No-Seong Kwak (South Korea)
  The following papers were published based on this work:
  • Kwak N-S, Jukes D J and Shin S-G (1999), "Food Safety Control in the Republic of Korea", Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 39(6), 539-549
  • Kwak N-S and Jukes D. J. (2000), "Functional Foods - (1) The Development of a Regulatory Concept", Food Control, 12(2), 99-107
  • Kwak N-S and Jukes D. J. (2000), "Functional Foods - (2) The Impact on Current Regulatory Terminology", Food Control, 12(2), 109-118
  • Kwak N-S and Jukes D. J. (2000), "Current International Approaches to Food Claims", Nutrition Reviews, 58(12), 363-370
  • Kwak N-S and Jukes D. J. (2000), "Debating Health Claims within Codex Alimentarius", Food Technology, 54(12), 52-56
  • Kwak N-S and Jukes D. J. (2001), "Issues in the Substantiation Process of Health Claims", Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 41(6), 465-480

Two further research project have just commenced work:

• The Development and Application of EU Food Hygiene Legislation in Slaughterhouses
  by Miss Rebeca Garcia Pinillos (Spain)

• The Impact of WTO/Codex on Fruit and Vegetable Exports from Developing Countries
  by Miss Gracia Teresa Brisco Lopez (Paraguay)

Masters Degree Students (MSc) - Project Work

1996 - 1997

• An Evaluation of the Potential for the World Trade Organisation to Resolve International Food Trade Disputes
  (Rossana Rocca)
• Pesticide Residue Control in Food - Monitoring in Greece and the United Kingdom
  (Eleanna Varitaki)

• Official control of foodstuffs in the EU - an overview of international regulatory programmes
  (Maria Kallisperi)
• Food control issues of genetically modified foods
  (Vasiliki Mitropoulou)
• HACCP implementation in the USA for meat, poultry and seafood products - a comparison with EEC legislation
  (Stefanos Christou)

• Food label ability to communicate the product information - the circle of information
  (Maria Astridou)
• Requirements for effective national food control systems with special emphasis on Mauritius
  (Shalini Vytelingum)
• The European Food Authority in the context of the European Common Market
  (Adrea Martinez-Inchausti-Arcocha)
• Food biotechnology - issues arising from its use by the food industry
  (Vassilios Papamichail)

• The needs of developing countries for international food standards with sp[ecial emphasis on biotechnology issues.
  (Abichaker)
• The creation of the European Food Agency - an examination of the implications in the current proposals for the Agency and other related food law proposals.
  (Andrikou)
• The use of HACCP in food regulations - an evaluation of international approaches.
  (Jimenez Redondo)
• The use of the 'Precautionary Principle' in food law - the arguments for and against its use when science is uncertain.
  (Vraitch)