Food Regulation and Criminal Justice

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This issue is the first milestone on the way to the XXth AIDP World Congress dedica-ted to Criminal Justice and Corporate Business. It brings together key proceedings of the International Colloquium on Food Regulation and Criminal Justice, organised by the Chinese group of the AIPD in Beijing on September 23rd-26th, 2016.brThe volume contains the resolutions adopted in Beijing, the general report, four transversal articles, and several national reports. It offers a broad overview of the main challenges raised by contemporary food regulation, as well as various responses provided by criminal law around the globe. The contributions deal with issues concerning food security, food safety, and food fraud. They pay particular attention to the international dimension, the interaction with administrative enforcement mechanisms, and the increasing relevance of self-regulation.brAdan Nieto Martn is a Professor at the Institute of European and International Criminal Law in Castilla la Mancha University.brLigeia Quackelbeen is the editorial secretary of the RIDP and academic assistant PhD researcher at the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy IRCP Ghent University, Belgium.brMichele Simonato is a post-doctoral researcher at the Utrecht centre for regulation and enforcement in Europe RENFORCE, Utrecht University.br