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World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2024 will draw attention to food safety incidents. This year’s theme underlines the importance of being prepared for food safety incidents, no matter their size. We help with a useful guide for your business.

World Food Safety Day! Are you prepared if a food safety incident occurs? E coli spike in cases, are you products at risk? Mondelez competition fine. CMA complaint over 'responsibly sourced'. Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive adopted in EU. McDonalds EU big Mac trade mark not extended to poultry. Is there divergence EU/UK in approach to defined dairy names? Oatly get Post Milk Generation approval. Animal welfare high on election agenda and 5 step welfare classification proposed in France, fois gras to be banned in UK if Labour win election. Finally Farming Recovery Fund expanded and Environment Agency held to have applied correct Farming Rules for Water regs.

Three employment measures have been saved during pre-election "wash up"...

The Prime Minister’s decision to call a general election on 4 July has also triggered the pre-election period guidance for Government departments, civil servants and non-departmental public bodies issued by the Cabinet Office...

Lawful implementation of AI solutions is possible, but requires proper resourcing and attention...

A recent regulatory compliance case has some salutary lessons for all charities - when there is disagreement trustees must never lose sight of the charity's objectives and charitable work.

We welcome three new partners working across our Mills & Reeve Health & Care and Life Sciences sectors...

NHS England and NICE are developing a more rigorous and transparent pathway for the evaluation of medtech innovations.

On Friday 24 May 2024, the European Council finally approved the long-awaited Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (the “CSDDD”). The CSDDD will establish a harmonised approach to corporate sustainability due diligence across all EU member states.

Designed to improve the court experience for those who need to use the court process to resolve disputes, the Pathfinder Model has already been rolled out in Dorset and North Wales to a positive reception. But what does this mean for families entering into children proceedings in Birmingham?

The Information Commissioner’s Office has focussed over the past 18 months on compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000...

Under Government proposals, patients requiring routine treatment outside of hospitals will be able to choose between multiple providers across the NHS, the independent and charity sectors...