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Commercial organisations with a UK presence and a global turnover of £36m or above will be required to publish an annual statement of the steps it has taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any of its supply chains or in any part of its business...

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA) section 54 will require every commercial organisation doing business in the UK with turnover over a certain threshold (yet to be established) to publish an annual statement of the steps it has taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any of its supply chains or in any part of its business...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) considered whether a products’ label might still be misleading even if the label provides all factual  information about the product in Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände v. Teekanne GmbH & Co. KG, No. C-195/14 (E.C.J., order entered June 4, 2015)...

Food producers should be particularly interested in the risk assessment and 'Margin Of Exposure' approach recently adopted by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for Acrylamide; this approach  may also be extended to other chemical compounds that present a potential risk to human health but are present in extremely low levels...

The 2006 'Guidance on the use of the terms ‘vegetarian’ and ‘vegan’ in food labelling' is being rewritten to clarify definitions and in light of EU Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers...

American research into the costs of food recalls, primarily in the meat and poultry sector, has just been published...

Reminder for all marketers and regulators: Take care on whether you may be making a non-specific ‘GOODNESS’ claim on your product...

1. Supply chain review Whether as a company you are at the beginning, middle or end of a chain your entire commercial enterprise depends upon its’ resilience in terms of security against fraud and contamination, quality, quantity, consistency, responsiveness and ethics...

Bird flu has hit the headlines once more and it is important that all industries have precautionary measures in place, this is particularly important for those poultry producers and processers and any food business connected with them...

The EC has formally opened infraction proceedings against the UK for its’ voluntary 'traffic light' food labelling system...

A recent adjudication against Kellogg’s by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) looked at what is ‘representative’ for a comparative claim...

Key issues in food labelling were outlined by industry experts in a recent article, including my own commentary referencing the new Food Information to Consumers Regulation...