Footprint Legal in association with DWF

Global efforts to standardise the use of ‘may contain’ labels are gathering pace, however the UK continues to hold reservations.

The European Commission wants to delay EUDR due to IT issues, but food businesses can’t afford to switch off from ensuring they have sustainable supply chains.

Under a new EU law, businesses can be forced to withdraw any product linked to worker exploitation in the supply chain. But will its bark be worse than its bite? By Nick Hughes.  December 12th 2024 was a landmark day…

Fines for greenwashing could rise to eye-watering amounts under new powers for the CMA, so corporates making claims must be cautious. By David Burrows. “It’s so important we don’t blow this huge opportunity we have by greenwashing,” warned Helen Browning,…

Free from the EU’s complex approvals process, regulators have an opportunity to unlock the commercial and social benefits from cultivated products. But there are challenges aplenty, as Nick Hughes explains. The question of how to regulate cultivated products continues to…

How food is produced, supplied and consumed is changing globally. DWF’s Anne Marie Taylor, Director, and Georgia Taylor, Regulatory Consultant, look at the range of these changes, including pressing concerns for the environmental impact. As everyone knows, the food system is…

With new year, new challenges arise – DWF’s Dominic Watkins, Global Head of Consumer Sector, looks at the seriousness and key legal aspects of allergen legal framework.  2024 has started with allergen management back in the news, rekindling discussions about many…

As 2023 comes to an end, DWF’s Dominic Watkins, Global Head of Consumer Sector, and Kirsty Poots, Solicitor, look at key outcomes of COP 28, as well as recent developments in the EU and UK.  With the close of COP28 in December,…