Facts on the Horizon: Future German Ink and Mineral Oil Ordinance. A National Approach and its European Spill Over: Risk Management, Compliance and Avoidance of Liability

In the wake of numerous food scandals, awareness has heightened very considerably and the German legislator has approved a bill of law that will improve protection for consumers ensure, consistent implementation of directives and on-the-spot controls on food and animal feed: The future German Ink Ordinance yet to come 2017/18. This article aims to give an overview of the current status of the German Ink and Mineral Oil Ordinance still to come in relation to recent and future risk management according to the liability risk of the regulation´s future content. The theoretical goal of this paper is to narrow the gap between existing knowledge about present product liability due to migration from the paper based packaging and give recommendations for action towards adjusted and suitable behaviour due to the national regulation still to come. The possible European spill over will be highlighted. The recommendations for action set out in this article are suitable for company’s risk management and provide guidelines for early adopters.