Welcome to Legal newsBITE: Food and Drink Quarterly, put together by our UK food and drink team. Articles this quarter include:
- European Commission Carries Out Dawn Raids in the Energy Drinks Sector
- Food Sector Stress and Distress: Inflation Challenges
- Scottish Deposit Return Scheme: Is August 2023 Implementation Likely?
- German Supply Chain Act on Corporate Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains Comes Into Effect
- Retained EU Law Bill: Health and Safety Coalition Calls on UK Government to Scrap Deadlines
- Use of the Term “Probiotic” to Describe Foods in France
- Proposal for UK Food Standards Agency to be Granted Additional Search and Seizure Powers for Assets Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
- Court in Germany Rules on Net Quantity in Multipacks of Candy or Confectionery
- UK Health and Safety Fines: Machine Guarding and Vehicle Segregation Issues
- UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Announces Crackdown on Greenwashing in the Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Sector and EU Publishes Draft Green Claims Directive
- DEFRA Publishes UK Government Response to Consultation on Proposed Ban of Single-use Plastics, Including Food Containers – Ban Proposed From October 2023
- European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Publishes Proposed Restriction of “Forever Chemicals”
- UK’s Genetic Technology Bill Presented to FSA Board Meeting
- EU Agrees to 10th Package of Sanctions Against Russia
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