case studies
Examples of our recent cases include:
- advising an ingredients supplier on its
obligations under general food law and product recall
- advising on permitted ingredients under jam
compositional legislation
- advising a multi-national food manufacturer
on food additive legislation
- advising a food manufacturer in relation to
an alleged misdescription of food composition
- advising a small family business on meat
content of pasties
- advising a food importer on ‘health claims’
on foods
- advising a food manufacturer/processor on
poultry labelling requirements when using a novel process
- advising on the requirement for registration
of a food business under food hygiene legislation
- advising on the advertising of borderline
products
- defending/mitigating a pub/restaurant charged
with food hygiene offences
- advising a client being investigated by both
trading standards and environmental health for alleged offences
under various food and price marking regulations
- advising and representing a food manufacturer
in connection with organic labelling during a trading standards
investigation and PACE interview
- advising on the status of wax on cheese
during a trading standards investigation and PACE interview
- advising and representing a multi-national
food manufacturer in connection with food labelling issues relating
to the use of nutritional claims
- advising and representing a butcher in
connection with a prosecution arising out of the incorrect disposal
of animal by-products
- due diligence advice in a corporate
transaction involving the purchase of a chain of butchers’
shops
For more information, please contact Jane
Hanney, food law specialist in Blake
Lapthorn's Business Regulatory team on 023 8090 8090 or email
jane.hanney@bllaw.co.uk.
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