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In June this year Europol Operation Pirates 1 took place seizing fake goods including counterfeit pharmaceuticals worth over €33m. Then between April and October...

Prior to this discovery, it was believed that just two types of catalysts were available: namely metal complexes and enzymes.

Following the horse meat scandal, the European Commission has adopted recommendations on the 19th of February 2013 with a view to launch a coordinated control plan to establish the prevalence of fraudulent practices in the marketing of certain foods.

Public healthcare bodies that have suffered loss as a result of competition law infringements should consider ‘follow on’ damages actions as a means of recovering public money. Is this what lies behind the Department of Health’s recent claim against Reckitt Benckiser?

UK food safety watchdog issues warning to CBD businesses that their products could be ‘taken off the shelves' if the industry fails to submit valid novel food authorisation applications by 31 March 2021.

Near the end of a cold, grim January in the UK, the Minister of State for Crime and Policing, Kit Malthouse MP, wrote to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

On Friday 23 October the European Parliament voted to reject proposals to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that would ban terms such as "burger", "steak" and "sausage"

On 31 March 2026, the UK Government's Department for Business and Trade and the Office for Product Safety and Standards launched a consultation on a proposed new product safety...

Corresponding figures broken down by region predict a 14% fall in profits in Western Europe alone.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published a response to the consultation on a new statutory scheme.

This week's top stories in the Consumer and Retail sector...

The CMA today announced that it will examine the accuracy of environmental (green) claims made about household essentials – such as food, drink, and toiletries – to make sure shoppers are not being misled.

At the end of December 2023, the Environment Agency published its proposed monitoring plan for packaging producer responsibility for 2024.

Chemically synthesised crop protection molecules (think: pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides) developed in the 20th century underpinned the increases in crop yield...

Amongst the bad news that took up a lot of headlines last year, there was one story at the end of last year that caused a lot of excitement in the life sciences sector.

The Pharmaceutical Security Institute (PSI) is set to launch a new initiative in May 2023 - the E-commerce Alliance for a Socially Responsible Ecosystem (ECARE).

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints on website content concerning health claims made for "All-Bran Prebiotic Oaty Clusters".

As we entered 2025, we were hopeful for a more upbeat year for pharma M&A activity but, with headwinds still swirling, a dramatic change of pace seemed unlikely.