However, an interest of his work is that it reflects the ‘shadow side’ of contemporary international law, forgotten because the moral defeat of Germany in 1945 was so total. It is riddled with racism and anti-Semitism. His work as an international lawyer remains largely untranslated. Unique features of the food legislation addressed include industry-led human rights fulfilment, a pro-poor business model, PPP engagement and a standard setting model allowing to scale-up and sustaining FF initiatives as one of the most cost-effective investments in human development.Carl Schmitt was an intellectual who made the discipline of international law grapple with the major issues of his time. Ultimately, the contribution of legal standard setting to sustainability in FF is illustrated through country specific best practices. This legal process gradually progresses from soft towards hard law.
The authors refer to a four-tier standard setting concept, namely (1) Advocacy creation and multi-stakeholder dialogues, (2) Technical Standard Setting, (3) Development of a Labelling Scheme for Fortified-Foods, and (4) Legislation with Enforcement. Roles and responsibilities of public and private sector actors in FF initiatives are elaborated. This article highlights the relevance of standard setting, technical standards, and labelling schemes geared towards well-monitored regulation as a means of sustaining market-based PPP interventions, namely FF. However, only the public sector can create an enabling market environment so as to sustain industry's efforts. Industry – not governments - provides foods fortified with essential micronutrients and can market it even for the malnourished poor. These rights can be fulfilled through a public-private partnership (PPP) engagement called food fortification (FF), with local food industry in the lead, but supported by the public sector. The challenge of vitamin- and mineral deficiencies affects the human rights to food and health. In May 2008, the Copenhagen Consensus (CC), a group of highly renowned economic experts, including 5 Nobel Prize winners, concluded that fighting malnutrition is one of the best investments in human development.
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