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The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, effective as early as spring 2025, allows the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to establish a simplified regulatory process for precision-bred plants and animals, and their derived food and feed products. The FSA's new framework features a two-tiered system: Tier 1, a quicker, simplified approval process, and Tier 2, a longer process involving bespoke risk assessments for products with potential safety concerns. The FSA expects 18 applications ann

Scotland's food and drink sector, like many others, faces continued uncertainty as the Brexit debate rolls on.

A recipe is a method of making a chemical composition.

Carys says: "There are several possibilities, although food products can be challenging to protect in law. Many traditional methods for protecting other forms of intellectual property...

The English Commercial Court, in Cipla Limited v Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [2023] EWHC 910 (Comm), has dismissed a challenge pursuant to s68(2)(a) of the Arbitration Act.

On 10 September, Ashley Dalton, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)...

The UK government is consulting on a complete ban on the online advertising of food high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS).

It is fair to say that the formation of many licensing boards across Scotland has been slower than would otherwise be the norm owing to the political tensions arising from the snap general election.

A new anti-drug law will come into effect in England and Wales on 2 March 2015.

We discussed in previous posts the Commission's announcement at the end of 2020 of its new pharmaceutical strategy for the EU. One topic identified as in need of revision was the...

On its part, the UK government recently introduced legislation to establish a new route for the lawful supply of prescription-only medicines from GB to NI.

On 18 October 2023, the European General Court (GC) delivered its judgment in Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries and Cephalon v European Commission (Case T-74/21).

BCL partner, Richard Reichman and solicitor, Suzanne Gallagher consider the effects and implications of the newly launched consultation on food allergen labelling.

This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal and regulatory landscape.

In April 2021, Tesco Stores Limited was fined £7.56 million in Birmingham Magistrates Court for selling food past its use-by-date.

On February 13, 2020, the UK's Food Standards Agency (the "FSA") updated its business guidance on how it intends to regulate products for consumption containing cannabidiol ("CBD").

On 12 October 2018 the UK Government published a further series of Technical Notices addressing various scenarios in which the UK leaves the European Union without an agreement, the so-called "no deal" or "hard" Brexit scenario.

We first reported on the new EU regulatory framework governing medicinal products in April 2023.