Food Law

Giorgio Rusconi has acquired significant experience in food law, both at national and international level. He provides out-of-court assistance to Italian and foreign clients in all areas of business interest, from production to marketing. He deals with every aspect of contractual matters, also taking an interest in research and innovation aspects, managing any food crisis profiles in the relationship with consumers.

In court, he handles all areas of civil litigation defence, and in particular disputes between operators in the food chain, issues relating to the civil liability of the OSA, administrative litigation and criminal proceedings for food related crimes. He was admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court in 2014.

He is a Professor of International Food Law at the University of Parma. He took part as an invited visiting expert in the Food, Drugs, Cosmetics and Medical Devices Law Course at Harvard Law School.

He is one of the founders of the FLN – Food Lawyers’ Network Worldwide – a worldwide network specialised in the assistance of multinationals operating in the food industry.

He is Founder and Scientific Director of Just Legal Services – Scuola di Formazione Legale s.r.l.

He is the author of many articles.

Etichettatura d’origine dei prodotti alimentari, EEFL – European Food & Feed Law Review, 2021 How we make things at home, FLN Network, 2020 Diritto alimentare e crisi sanitarie, IPSOA Walters Kluwer, 2020 La riforma dei reati alimentari, Alimenta, 2019 Mycotoxins, Affidia, 2019 Insects for dinner – the next staple food?, EFFL – European Food & Feed Law Review, 2018 Guida di Diritto Alimentare, Collana Itinera, IPSOA Wolters Kluwer Group, 2017 Food Law International, in Food Safety And Policy in the European Union, Springer, 2015 Allergeni e sostanze che provocano intolleranze – E-book Cibaria, 2015 Eu-food information regulation 1169/2011 implementing measures by member states, FLN Network, 2015; Green Claims on Food, Boin G., Conte-Salinas N., Grube M., Rusconi G. (Eds.), Krell Weyland Grube, 2014 Advertising Food, Aude Mahy Eds., Lexxion, 2014 The European legal framework of functional food: the differences in the procedures of authorization in EU countries, XV International Functional Food Conference, Regensburg, 2014 Health & Nutrition Claims – 10 years of experience in the Italian market, in European Food and Feed Law Review, 2012 Functional Food. A synopsis of the legal framework in the European Union and selected other countries, Boin G., Conte-Salinas N., Grube M., Rusconi G. (Eds.), Krell Weyland Grube, 2011

Giorgio Rusconi has been member of the Italian Bar Association since 2000.

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In 1996, Giorgio Rusconi obtained a High Diploma in Comparative Law at the International Faculty of Comparative Law of Strasbourg (France) and in 1997 he graduated from University of Milan.