Food regulatory

With our expertise in the food and drinks sector, we are here to help you find a practical, commercial solution to your regulatory concerns.

Businesses in the fast-moving food and drinks industry face a raft of challenges, central to which is balancing commercial thinking with regulatory compliance.

We can help with the wide range of regulatory concerns that can arise for a food or beverage company. In fact, we've helped hundreds of such businesses achieve their goals by putting in place practical, workable legal arrangements.

Our experience

We have worked in the following areas:

General formulation for food products.
Permitted ingredients and ingredient listing and category listing for foods.
Advising on novel foods, ingredients and production methods.
Authorisation process and responsibilities.
Information requirements B2B and for consumers.
Advising on advertising claims including health and nutrition claims, country of origin and product liability.
Advising on interpretation of Food Safety Requirements under Regulation 178/2002 to a number of major and trans-European food producers.
Advising during New Product Development, liaising with marketing and legal teams to ensure the appropriate legal name, labelling and advertising campaign is agreed upon.
General advice on labelling and advertising but also when there is a change such as a reformulation.
Assisting at importing new products into the UK/EU for composition and marketing purposes.
Providing risk assessment of different approaches under regulation to best support your technical and legal team.