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INTRODUCTION
Asrecentlyasintheearly‘90softhe20thcentury,foodlaw,bothin
PolandandintheEuropeanUnion,wasinprincipleunderstoodasthecol-
lectionoflawsofsanitarycharacter,orasnormsregardingfoodtrade,andat
thatmostlyoftechnicalnaturelIntheassociationperiod,andthenwhenPo-
landbecameamemberoftheEuropeanUnionin2004,therewereincreased
contactswithadifferentlegalorderasregardsprotectionofhealthandeco-
nomicinterestsoftheconsumer,aswellasinrespectoftradingfoodproductsl
Withinashorttime,theRepublicofPolandenteredtheorbitofstronginflu-
enceofnotonlyEuropeanlaw,butalsointernationalagreementsandstan-
dardsofinternationalorganizationstowhichtheEuropeanUnionisaparty,
andwhichinturnaffectthedevelopmentoftheEUfoodlawl
Anchoringoffoodlawintheinternationalnorms,bothEUanddomes-
tic,invitesthesearchofgeneralprinciplesandinternalsystematicsofthislaw
inthemutualrelationsofvariouslegalorderslTwosimultaneouslyadvancing
maincurrentsofthislaw,thatisfoodsafetyandmarketqualityoffoodprod-
ucts,followingaperiodoffragmentedanincoherentdevelopment,nowhave
asubstantialoutputintheformofguidingprinciplesandproceduresl
Asregardstheemergenceoffoodlawinthedomesticacademiceducation,
thisfieldofstudyfunctionedmostlyasanadditionalorauxiliarydiscipline
atnumeroustypesofuniversity-levelagriculturalormedicalschools,andwas
taughtbyrepresentativesofnon-legalfieldsl
Inthe‘90softhe20thcentury,certainselectedaspectsofthislaw,known
as‘legalinstrumentsprotectingthehealthofpeopleandanimals’wereintro-
ducedintheacademicagriculturallawcoursebookeditedbyProfessor
AndrzejStelmachowskiand,later,alreadyas‘foodlaw’,theyformedasepa-
ratepartofthiscoursebookl
ItwasattheFacultyofLawandAdministrationoftheUniversity
ofWarsawthatfoodlawwasfirstgrantedthestatusofaseparateareaofle-
galeducationlAttheinitiativeoftheerstwhilefacultyDean,ProfessorJózef
Okolski,whichresultedfromthesuggestionmadebyhisspouse,DrGrażyna
Okolska(atthetimeemployedattheProfessorAleksanderSzczygiełInstitute
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