FOOD LAW

The regulations and legal requirements affecting food businesses grow (and become more complex) every year.

Directors of companies can personally face fines, or even imprisonment if their company breaks the law.

We provide clear and practical advice on how to avoid the pitfalls and comply with the law. We can represent you if things do ever go wrong. We cover every aspect of food law including:

• Food Standards Agency issues
• DEFRA issues
• Meat Hygiene Service issues
• Food & Drink labeling, packaging & materials
• Food Processes
• Additives & Contaminants
• Consumer Protection issues
• Health & Safety advice
• Waste management

We have advised clients on a whole range of issues from complex regulatory issues relating to the production of food to compliance issues in production systems in a major abattoir. 
    

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We advise clients on the increasingly relevant area of intellectual property -- that is, inventions and information  that you may own or that someone else may own, including patents, registered designs, trade marks, copyright , and design rights .

These can be very valuable assets for a business. They can cover names, products,  processes. It can  be very costly if you breach someone else's rights in this area. It is important that you fully and properly protect your interests, and protect yourself from claims against you.

Clients we have advised range from new businesses to established design companies.