ABSTRACT
We have seen in earlier chapters how food regulation is now deep rooted and integrated into the European political mission. Though agricultural corporatism has declined in its political and economic power in European policy-making, it has laid a foundation for a more comprehensive and commercially-led regulatory system, a hybrid model, that is more sensitive to the consumer and private sector concerns. It is increasingly universal, scientifi c and normative; global as well as local in reach as well as inter-sectoral. And, as observed in our earlier fi ndings, it is being sustained by the interaction of a larger diversity of actors and policy networks. This makes the development of public policy all the more complex.
