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LEGAL Q&A

Your food manufacturing legal questions answered

24-Aug-2018 By Food Manufacture

From the implications of current legislation covering energy use to compliance with international rules governing nutrition labelling, we pose your legal questions to experts in food law.

Gangmaster fined for ‘acting above the law’

15-May-2017 By James Ridler

A Somerset gangmaster who ignored repeated warnings and acted “above the law” has been ordered to pay more than £4,000, after admitting to supplying workers to a fish processing plant without the necessary gangmaster licence.

Food firms should check agencies to stop slavery

07-Sep-2016 By Noli Dinkovski

Food manufacturers are being encouraged to check the credentials of hired migrant labour after the Salvation Army reported a five-fold increase in the number of slavery victims it had helped in England and Wales since 2012.

Morrisons faces legal action from 5k staff

07-Mar-2016 By John Wood

Morrisons staff wishing to join more than 5,000 of their colleagues in a claim for damages against the company must act now a lawyer has warned.

New data protection rules set to have big impact

10-Feb-2016 By Noli Dinkovski

Newly-agreed EU data protection laws will significantly increase the regulatory burden on food and drink businesses, a legal specialist has warned.

Kit Kat claim woman ‘won’t get lifetime supply’

08-Feb-2016 By Laurence Gibbons

A woman who has demanded a lifetime supply of Kit Kats after purchasing a defective multipack of the biscuits was unlikely to succeed despite claiming monetary and emotional distress, according to a legal expert.

Student demands lifetime supply of Nestlé after bar blunder

02-Feb-2016 By Laurence Gibbons

A student has threatened legal action unless Nestlé provides her with a lifetime supply of her favourite chocolate bar Kit Kat, after she purchased a multipack in which none of the bars contained a wafer biscuit.

Sainsbury boss escapes Egyptian jail

15-Jun-2015 By Laurence Gibbons

Sainsbury boss Mike Coupe has escaped a jail term in Egypt after he was acquitted of attempted embezzlement by an Egyptian court.

Sainsbury boss jail appeal hearing date set

06-May-2015 By Michael Stones

Sainsbury boss Mike Coupe’s appeal hearing in an Egyptian court against his two-year jail sentence has been postponed until Thursday May 21, as the retailer revealed its first loss in a decade in full-year results posted today (May 6).

Jail threat now for Sainsbury’s ex boss Justin King

01-May-2015 By Michael Stones

Sainsbury’s former boss Justin King now faces the threat of imprisonment in an Egyptian jail, after it emerged earlier this week that current chief executive Mike Coupe was sentenced to two years’ in prison for an embezzlement conviction.

Sainsbury boss sentenced to jail in Egypt

29-Apr-2015 By Michael Stones

Sainsbury chief executive Mike Coupe has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in an Egyptian jail, after his conviction by a court in Giza for attempted embezzlement.

Premier Foods: label rules ‘biggest change in over 25 years’

03-Feb-2014 By Michael Stones

“The biggest overhaul of food labelling for over 25 years,” is how Premier Foods summarises the implications of the EU’s new Food Information to Consumers Regulation – due to be enforced on December 13 2014.

Campden BRI makes appointment ahead of ‘challenging year’

14-Nov-2013 By Laurence Gibbons

Food and drink research company Campden BRI has appointed Steve Spice as its new head of regulatory affairs to meet a “growing demand” for its legislative advice, training and consultation services.

Premier Foods denies ‘holding gun to workers’ heads’

19-Apr-2013 By John Wood

A furious union official has accused Premier Foods of “holding a gun to the head of workers” who are being made redundant at the Garretts Green Hovis bakery in Birmingham.