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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 John Mitchell, partner in Blake Lapthorn's Food law team on 023 8085 7231 or email john.mitchell@bllaw.co.uk.