Welcome to Legal newsBITE: Food and Drink Quarterly, put together by our UK and EU food and drink team.
Articles this quarter include:
October 2026 checklist for UK Employment Rights Act 2025
Undisclosed social media adverts featuring “less healthy” foods
UK proposed ban on energy drinks to u-16s from April 2027
EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) starts to apply
UK Deposit Return Scheme: Stepped producer fees introduced
UK Plastic Packaging Tax: Preparing for the mass balance approach
New EU rules on green claims, durability and repairability
UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) latest work-related fatal injury statistics
UK Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill: Proposed new corporate responsibilities for waste management
New EU rules on the use of meat and meat product names and on "fair", "equitable" and "short supply chain" claims
A new framework for new genomic techniques
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) lowers the safe level for exposure to TFA
European Commission updates product scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation and issues guidelines on the EU Forced Labour Regulation
UK Food Standards Agency guidance (FSA) on cell-cultivated products
Supply chain risk and resilience in the food industry
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