food law bulletin - January 2010

Our Agriculture and Rural team produces a food law bulletin to keep you a breast of changes in the law that may affect your business.

Click on the links below to read the articles in January's edition of food law bulletin.

• clarification of approval requirements
  Under the food hygiene regulations food business establishments (other than retail) that produce or handle food of animal origin must, with some exceptions, be approved by the competent authority.
• proposals for regulation five of the Meat Products Regulations 2003
  As part of its policy to reduce the administrative burden of regulation, the Food Standards Agency is consulting on proposals to reduce the costs of Regulation five of the Meat Products Regulations 2003.
• food chain information for cattle, sheep and goats
  EU hygiene legislation providing specific rules relating to products of animal origin requires those operating slaughterhouses to request, receive, check and act upon food chain information for all animals except wild game.
• permitted minerals and vitamins in food and food supplements
  New legislation regulating permitted minerals and vitamins in foods and food supplements came into force in England on 1 January 2010.

For more information, please contact Jane Hanney, food law specialist in Blake Lapthorn's Agriculture and Rural team on 023 8090 8090 or at jane.hanney@bllaw.co.uk.   If you would like to receive future food law bulletins by email, please contact Emma Daly at emma.daly@bllaw.co.uk or call 023 8085 7234.