Foodlaw-Reading
Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
Foodlaw-ReadingDr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK |
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Last updated: 18 January, 2019
 New on this site: The 'General Food Law': EU Regulation 178/2002 Providing a short introduction to the Regulation and links to relevant documents |
Latest News
For earlier news item for 2018, see Food Law News 2018 |
Latest LegislationA listing of some of the most recently published EU and UK key legislation. For a complete listing, see EU Food Laws 2018 or UK Food Regulations - Chronological Listing - Current
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Latest DocumentsProviding access to recent key documents relating to UK, EU or international aspects of food law. Some will be available from this site, others will be available from links to other sites. To access documents, click on the images. Documents are shown with the most recent additions first. For older documents, see: Documents |
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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... of XXX establishing rules on specific training requirements for staff for performing certain physical checks at border control posts A copy of this draft is available on this site. For more details, see the consultation page at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2019-275600_en. Consultation closes 14 February 2019. See also: EU: 17 January 2019 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission Consultation: Delegated Regulation on specific training requirements for staff for performing physical checks |
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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... of XXX supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council by derogating from the rules on the designation of control points and from the minimum requirements for border control posts A copy of this draft is available on this site. For more details, see the consultation page at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2019-238799_en. Consultation closes 13 February 2019.See also: EU: 16 January 2019 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission Consultation: Draft Delegated Regulation on rules derogations on the designation of border control posts and from border control post requirements |
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Chemical hazards in our food: EU food safety policy protects us but faces challenges A copy of this report is available on this site. See also: EU: 15 January 2019 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Court of Auditors Report: EU food safety system overstretched |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... of XXX on prior notification of consignments of certain categories of animals and goods entering the Union A copy of this draft is available on this site. For more details, see the consultation page at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2018-1213844_en. Consultation closes 12 February 2019. See also: EU: 15 January 2019 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission Consultation: Border controls for livestock and goods |
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Commission Draft: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX on reference points for action for non-allowed pharmacologically active substances present in food of animal origin and repealing Decision 2005/34/EC A copy of this draft is available on this site (click on image). In addition the draft Annex is available in a separate file - see: Reference points for action for non-allowed pharmacologically active substances - Annex. For more details, see the consultation page at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2019-152722_en. Consultation closes 8 February 2019. See also: EU: 11 January 2019 CONTAMINANTS - Commission Consultation: Limits for pharmacologically active substances prohibited in animal products |
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Consultation: Guidance on Food Traceability, Withdrawals and Recalls within the UK Food Industry A copy of the Consultation Letter is available on this site (click on image). Also available on this site is the Draft Guidance. See also: UK: 7 January 2019 TRACEABILITY / RECALL – FSA Consultation: Guidance on food traceability, withdrawals and recalls within the UK food industry Provided uder the Open Government Licence. The original consultation letter was accessed from: |
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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... of XXX supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards wine-growing areas where the alcoholic strength may be increased, authorised oenological practices and restrictions applicable to the production and conservation of grapevine products, the minimum percentage of alcohol for by-products and their disposal, and publication of OIV files, and amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 as regards the importation of wine originating in Canada and exempting retailers of holding an inward and outward register A copy of this draft is available on this site (click on image). In addition the draft Annex is available in a separate file - see: Oenological Practices (Del) - Annex. For more details, see the consultation page at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2018-6604117_en. Consultation closes 18 January 2019. See also: EU: 21 December 2018 HYGIENE - Commission Consultation: Oenological practices authorised in the European Union (delegated rules) |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... of XXX laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards analysis methods for determining the physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics of grapevine products and notifications of Member States decisions concerning increases in natural alcoholic strength A copy of this draft is available on this site (click on image). In addition the draft Annex is available in a separate file - see: Oenological Practices (Imp) - Annex. For more details, see the consultation page at: hhttps://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2018-6604155_en. Consultation closes 18 January 2019. See also: EU: 21 December 2018 WINE – Commission Consultation: Oenological practices authorised in the European Union (implementing rules) |
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Draft Regulation: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards Salmonella in reptile meat A copy of this draft is available on this site (click on image). In addition the draft Annex is available in a separate file - see: Reptile Meat - Annex. For more details, see the consultation page at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2018-6589878_en. Consultation closes 17 January 2019. See also: EU: 20 December 2018 HYGIENE - Commission Consultation: Commission Regulation as regards Salmonella in reptile meat |
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX providing derogations from Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims made on food for the use of certain generic descriptor This is the draft of a regulation submitted to the Council for consideration. However it is also necessary to see the Annex which was provided in a separate document - see: Draft Annex. See also: EU: 19 December 2018 CLAIMS – Council discussions: Derogations for the use of certain generic descriptors |
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Follow-up to the fipronil incident of 2017 - Information from the Commission A copy of the Commission document (15123/18) presented to the Council is available on this site. See also: EU: 19 December 2018 CONTAMINATION - Follow-up to the fipronil incident: state of play of implementation. |
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FSA Local Authority Letter: Regulating our Future (ROF) - change expectations for local authorities for 2019-2020 A copy of the full document is available on this site. See also: UK: 17 December 2018 ENFORCEMENT - Regulating our Future (ROF) - change expectations for local authorities for 2019-2020. Update on the outcome of the consultation on the Food Law Code of Practice Provided uder the Open Government Licence. The original document was accessed from: |
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Health and Food Audits and Analysis Programme 2019 A copy of the programme is available on this site. See also: EU: 17 December 2018 AUDITS - DG Health and Food Safety publishes its Programme of Audits and Analysis for 2019 |
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Report of the Sixth Session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance A copy of the report can be downloaded from the Codex website. See also: INT: 14 December 2018 CODEX - Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (6th Session) |
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FSA Consultation: Meat official control charges – Proposal to remove plan inspection assistant disco:unt A copy of this document is available on this site (click on image). See also the full text of the Interested Parties Letter. The consultation closes on the 25 January 2019. See also: UK: 14 December 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Meat official control charges – proposal to remove plant inspection assistant discount Provided uder the Open Government Licence. The original consultation documents were accessed from: |
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Low Alcohol Descriptors Guidance A copy of this publication from the Department of Health and Socail Care is available on this site. Also available is 'The Government response to the consultation on low alcohol descriptors'. See also: UK: 13 December 2018 LABELLING - Government response to the consultation on low-alcohol descriptors Provided uder the Open Government Licence. The original Guidance document was accessed from: |
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Code of Practice on Compositional Standards for UK Named Variety Cheeses A copy of this Code is available on this site. The original version can be found at: https://www.dairyuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FINAL-Compositional-Standards-Cheese.pdf. See also: UK: 10 December 2018 LABELLING - Dairy UK and the PTF Launch New Codes of Practice to Safeguard Cheese and Cream Standards |
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Code of Practice on Compositional Standards for Cream Designations in the UK A copy of this Code is available on this site. The original version can be found at: https://www.dairyuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FINAL-Compositional-Standards-Cream.pdf. See also: UK: 10 December 2018 LABELLING - Dairy UK and the PTF Launch New Codes of Practice to Safeguard Cheese and Cream Standards |
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Court of Justice Press Release: The United Kingdom is free to revoke unilaterally the notification of its intention to withdraw from A copy of the Press Release is available on this site. See also: EU: 10 December 2018 BREXIT - The United Kingdom is free to revoke unilaterally the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU |
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FSA Local Authority Letter: The new form of the UK’s Health and Identification Marks A copy of the letter is available on this site. See also: UK: 6 December 2018 BREXIT / MEAT HYGIENE - The new form of the UK’s Health and Identification Marks Provided uder the Open Government Licence. The original document was accessed from: |
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House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Report: Energy drinks and children The full report can be downloaded from the Parliament website, See also: UK: 4 December 2018 NUTRITION / LABELLING - House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Report: Energy drinks and children |
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DHSC Consultation: The Nutrition (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 A copy of the consultation document is available on this site (click on image). See also: UK: 3 December 2018 BREXIT / CLAIMS – DHSC Consultation: The Nutrition (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Provided uder the Open Government Licence. The original document was accessed from: |
For older documents, see: Documents
This page was first established by David Jukes on 28 May 1996.
