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An interesting decision by the ASA against Sanofi this week covers issues around celebrities endorsing medicines and a consideration of when an individual, in this case a lifestyle blogger, will be considered a "celebrity" for the purposes of the CAP Code.

Whilst there is evidence that the Romans introduced viticulture to the UK, the real turning point for English wine was in the 1990s at Nyetimber Vineyard in Sussex, which is now a global...

The topline numbers for food loss and waste are well known: Nearly 40% of food produced globally is never eaten, accounting for 10% of all global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and around a quarter of all fresh water use.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has implemented new revisions to the Food Law Code of Practice (the Code) in an attempt to improve the way they regulate businesses.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been designated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom) as the regulatory body for online advertising of less healthy food and drink.

In the same way that the GPhC expects pharmacists to maintain public confidence by owning up to errors, displaying insight and apologising for errors, the GPhC could do more to maintain the confidence of pharmacists.

Following a commitment in the King's Speech in 2024, the government consulted about banning the sale of high-caffeine drinks to under 16s in England, receiving 1,095 responses. It has now confirmed that it will ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s in England from April 2027.

At the start of February 2021, Government published a report looking at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the number of reported food fraud incidents.

The PPRS is a voluntary scheme agreed between the Department of Health and the ABPI which regulates Government spending on branded prescription medicines.

In a recent landmark judgment (Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics v AbbVie Biotechnology [2017] EWHC 395 (Pat)), the English High Court has granted a novel type of declaratory relief which may be used...

The global buzz around Scotch Whisky shows no sign of abating. The value of Scotch Whisky exports hit £6.2bn in 2022. Bottles of Scotch Whisky were exported to around 180 markets worldwide...

In a boost for the UK AI sector, the University of Bristol has been chosen to host the UK's planned ISAMBARD-AI supercomputer...

The General Court gave its ruling on 23 September 2015, in case T-245/11, in which it backed ECHA's decision not to disclose the production volumes of hazardous chemicals.

In case T-296/15, Industria Quimicas del Valles v Commission, the applicant requested the Court to disapply parts of Regulation 1107/2009 which set the criteria for creating a list of substances that are candidates for substitution.

On 23 December 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) – Europe's highest court – ruled that a Scottish law establishing minimum unit pricing for alcoholic drinks may violate European Union law.

The two parties vying to form the next government after the UK general election on 4 July 2024, the Labour and Conservative parties, have set out commitments they will seek to impose in regards to food.

On 25, 30 and 31 January 2014 the European Commission published three new regulations setting maximum residue levels for a series of pesticides in accordance with Regulation 396/2005.