The Right to Food Quality in the Capitalocene Era

One of the challenges raised by climate change and the pollution of our environment in relation to the human society is the right to a food that is sufficient, safe and of quality. Adopting a socio-legal perspective, this con- tribution proposes to discuss: if there is a right to access quality food, and if it is possible to identify a common definition of food quality. It is argued that if climate change and the pollution of the environment are partially caused by food production systems, they also have a negative impact on food security and food safety. At first analysis food quality seems to be a concept useful to the need of revaluation of food production systems, meet- ing nutritional needs and addressing climate change. However, it is possible to identify two major problems: firstly, the regulation doesn’t clearly define the concept of food quality; secondly, food of quality is usually sold at a more elevated price than ordinary products. This contribution proposes to analyse food quality access through the concept of Capitalocene, to address the issue of the exclusion of lower social class from food quality access, discuss food production systems, and address climate change and environ- mental pollution consequences for human society and food access.