{"id":7990,"date":"2026-02-17T21:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/?p=7990"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:24:50","slug":"food-law-liability-who-will-pay-for-the-recall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/2026\/02\/17\/food-law-liability-who-will-pay-for-the-recall\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Law &#038; Liability: who will pay for the recall?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who is legally liable if a consumer becomes ill from your food product? In this episode of Better Food Safe Than Sorry, host Alexander Platteeuw (A+ Quality) talks to Katia Merten-Lentz, partner at Food Law Science &amp; Partners and recognised leading expert in European food law.<\/p>\n<p>We delve deep into the legal reality of the food industry. From the personal liability of CEOs and quality managers to the strict controls of the Belgian food safety authorities (FAVV-AFSCA). Katia shares her insights on recent crises (such as ethylene oxide and Salmonella scandals), the precautionary principle in the EU versus the US, and the impact of Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, you will learn: Who is responsible in the food chain in the event of contamination (Nestl\u00e9, Salmonella cases). Whether a Quality Manager can be held personally liable. How you can legally challenge FAVV-AFSCA decisions. The difference between EU, UK and US legislation and liability. The golden legal tip for every food producer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uQ0v1CDYKd4\">Legal pitfalls in food safety: from Salmonella to Brexit and Nestl\u00e9. A legal answer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is legally liable if a consumer becomes ill from your food product? In this episode of Better Food Safe Than Sorry, host Alexander Platteeuw (A+ Quality) talks to Katia Merten-Lentz, partner at Food Law Science &amp; Partners and recognised leading expert in European food law. We delve deep into the legal reality of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7993,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990\/revisions\/7993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}