Mariela Maidana-Eletti is a Swiss trained lawyer, currently holding a visiting appointment as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC in the USA. She holds a PhD in Legal Sciences from the University of Lucerne in Switzerland, an LL.M in International Business Law from the Free University Amsterdam in The Netherlands and a Master in Law from the UNED Madrid in Spain. She is admitted to the Spanish bar and has practiced international and domestic commercial law in Switzerland. Her research interests focus on international economic law at the intersection of food and public health regulation.

• Contents: Global Food Markets and Standards – Global Food Governance – The Importance of Food Standards in International Trade Law – Food Standard-Setting Organisations – Food Quality Standards as Technical Barriers to Trade – Food Labelling Standards and Trademark Law – Food Safety Standards as Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures – The Coordination of European Food Standards – The Equivalence of Swiss Food Standards – Implications of Food Safety and Quality Standards in International Trade Law.

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