在食品安全规制的比较研究中,英国案例的意义有以下三个方面。第一,近代以来,英国针对工业革命后出现的食品掺假掺杂的立法依旧被当今一些国家的食品法所继承和发展。例如,美国承袭了英国有关食品掺假掺杂的条款要求。也因为如此,英国被视为现代食品立法的先驱者。第二,于20世纪80年代发生在英国且蔓延至其他欧盟国家的疯牛病及其导致的食品安全危机,促使了欧盟食品安全规制的彻底改革。作为欧盟的成员国以及此次危机的发源 In the comparative study of food safety regulation, the significance of the British case has the following three aspects. First, since the modern era, Britain’s legislation on adulteration of food adulterated after the industrial revolution has still been inherited and developed by the Food Law Law of some countries. For example, the United States has followed the UK’s article on food adulteration and doping. Because of this, the UK is considered a pioneer in modern food legislation. Second, the mad cow disease that took place in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and spread to other EU countries and the resulting food safety crisis prompted a complete reform of the EU’s food safety regulations. As a member of the EU and the source of the crisis