• Law and sustainable transitions: an analysis of aquaculture regulation 

      Schøning, Lena; Hausner, Vera Helene; Morel, Mathilde (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2023-07-25)
      The global demand for aquaculture products is rising, driven by declining wild fisheries, food security, and blue economy policies and initiatives, suggesting that aquaculture is significant for a sustainable future, despite its negative environmental impacts. Here we investigate the role of law in accelerating the transition towards sustainable aquaculture activities. We use the EU taxonomy for ...
    • Suggesting an Extensive Interpretation of the Concept of Novelty That Looks at the Bio-Cultural Dimension of Food 

      Poto, Margherita Paola; Morel, Mathilde (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-30)
      “Novel food” in the European Union’s (EU) legal terms refers to any food that was not used for human consumption to a significant degree within the EU before 15 May 1997 (Regulation 2015/2283/EU (2015)). Placing novel food on the market requires a safety assessment when such novelty is ascertained, with the consequent need of an authorization procedure that is not required for food traditionally ...
    • Suggestions for a systematic regulatory approach to ocean plastics 

      Poto, Margherita Paola; Elvevoll, Edel O.; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Eilertsen, Karl-Erik; Morel, Mathilde; Jensen, Ida-Johanne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-16)
      The research investigates the problems and maps the solutions to the serious threat that plastics pose to the oceans, food safety, and human health, with more than eight million tons of plastic debris dumped in the sea every year. The aim of this study is to explore how to better improve the regulatory process of ocean plastics by integrating scientific results, regulatory strategies and action plans ...