30 March 2021 Blog March Update - Food & Agri News 1. Brexit - Supply Chains & Standards... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
25 March 2021 Blog UK meat industry report on main issues & costs of supply after Brexit A Brexit impact report for the UK meat industry has been prepared by The British Meat Processors Association... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
24 March 2021 Blog Reporting Energy Use & Emissions and Making Voluntary Environmental Carbon Claims The UK government/Defra provides guidance to companies on reporting energy use and greenhouse gas emissions... Share this article Bookmark this page 9 min read
22 March 2021 Blog ‘Food Fraud Resilience’ self-assessment tool The National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) have developed a ‘food fraud resilience’ self-assessment tool to support businesses in developing and implementing their counter-fraud strategy... Share this article Bookmark this page 7 min read
16 March 2021 Blog Revised Food Law Codes of Practice Published The FSA has published the revised Food Law Codes of Practice (the Codes) and Food Law Practice Guidance and introduced a Competency Framework in England and Northern Ireland, updated versions may be accessed here... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
16 March 2021 Blog Defra consultation looks set to relax restrictions on gene editing in farming A ten-week consultation by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on the question of relaxing restrictions on gene editing in farming closes this week (Wednesday 17 March.)... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
9 March 2021 Blog Trade & Agriculture Commission sets out framework for post-Brexit trade policy The Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) has published it recommendations for the UK government’s post-Brexit trade policy this month... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
26 February 2021 Blog February - Food News Roundup Brexit Update New paperwork and systems for exporters continue to lead to delays... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
18 February 2021 Blog Can GAFTA terms be implied to provide a party with the bite of arbitration? Lessons learned from Black Sea Commodities Ltd v Lemarc Agromond PTE Ltd In a rare case of a party successfully challenging an arbitration award under s67 Arbitration Act 1996, the English High Court considered the question of whether a GAFTA arbitration clause could be implied into an agreement between parties by market practice and custom in Black Sea Commodities Ltd v Lemarc Agromond PTE Ltd [2021] EWHC 287 (Comm)... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
16 February 2021 Blog Evidential Test for Scheduling HFSS food adverts on TV A recent ASA adjudication concerned ITV’s scheduling of a McDonald’s advert for their ‘Double Quarter-Pounder with Cheese’ burger... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
1 February 2021 Blog January - Food News Roundup 1. Trade & Cooperation Agreement Update The paperwork struggles continue to be widely reported by UK media... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
12 January 2021 Blog Government authorises use of neonicotinoid product for the 2021 sugar beet season On 8 January 2021, in response to an application made by the NFU, the Government published a statement on its decision to issue emergency authorisation to permit the use of a product containing a neonicotinoid (which has been banned by the EU) as a sugar beet seed dressing in 2021... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read