‘In a surprise end-of-year appeal success Jarden has escaped the heat of SEB’s ‘dry fryer’ patent. The apparatus claimed by the patent allows a user to produce crispy chips without needing a pan full of hot fat.’
Technology Law Update, 8th January 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Gillian Leeden ordered to pay sister Lyndsey Glassett compensation after being found guilty of targeting Jerusalem artichokes with weed killer in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Restaurants and takeaways across Europe will be required by law to tell customers if their food contains ingredients known to trigger allergies.’
BBC News, 12th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A new Food Crime Unit is to be set up after the Government accepted all of the recommendations of the Elliott report on food integrity and assurance of food supply networks.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th September 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Chris Elliott led an inquiry into last year’s saga and says problems remain with proper control of UK food supply chain.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Hospitals in England will be expected to provide a higher standard of food under new measures being announced by the health secretary.’
BBC News, 29th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has sided with the makers of Total yoghurt, Fage, in refusing US rival Chobani permission to appeal the definition of Greek yoghurt.’
The Lawyer, 30th July 2014
Source: www.thelawyer.com
‘Two judges taste a range of snacks ‘in moderation’ at tax tribunal hearing and decide that Snowballs are cakes and thus VAT zero-rated.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Medicines are tightly regulated – for good reason. But what about those products occupying the grey area around obviously medicinal products: food supplements, sports nutrition, herbal and homeopathic remedies, for example? When should these borderline products receive the same scrutiny and control?.’
Technology Law Update, 20th June 2014
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘A company cannot process raw placentas for new mothers to eat, after a judge ruled it posed a “health risk”.’
BBC News, 16th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Blake and others v LB Waltham Forest [2014] EWHC 1027 (Admin) is a judicial review challenge to the local authority’s decision to terminate a licence held by Christian Kitchen (the 3rd Claimant) to operate its soup kitchen out of the Mission Grove Car Park, Walthamstow, London, E17.’
NearlyLegal, 13th April 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has ruled that a local authority’s decision to terminate a charity’s licence to operate a ‘soup kitchen’ at one of the council’s car parks was unlawful.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th April 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘ Strict guidelines regulating the amount of sugar in school dinners have been scrapped just as health experts raise alarm over the deteriorating standard of people’s daily diet. The Government said nutritional guidance – setting out the levels of vitamins and minerals in lunches – would be axed because the rules are too complicated.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A boy who was fed nine litres of goat’s milk a day for six months will not be allowed to live with his mother, a senior family court judge has ruled.’
The Independent, 6th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Three men caught taking discarded food from bins outside an Iceland store will not now be prosecuted after an explosion of criticism over the decision to bring charges against them, including from the company’s chief executive.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Crown Prosecution Service claims there is “significant public interest” in prosecuting men arrested for taking discarded food.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Couple told they could face jail after admitting manslaughter of their son Ndingeko, who died from rickets after his parents insisted on strict eating regime as part of their religion.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Only cheese produced in the Yorkshire Dales will in future be allowed to use the name Yorkshire Wensleydale. The European Commission has awarded the cheese Protected Geographical Indication status (PGI).’
BBC News, 20th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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