Food Law - A New Opportunity

Introduction

Food law is always topical as evidenced by a number of recent cases and the proposal to introduce sentencing guidelines is likely to see an increase in fines for food offences which will have a significant impact on food businesses.

Do your clients operate in the food industry, perhaps as manufacturers or producers? Do you work with hotels, restaurants, retailers, caterers or food service providers? Are you able to provide advice on their food law issues and if not, would you like to do so?

Food law is a fast-changing subject and it is not always easy to keep up to date. By attending this course you will learn the basics of food law and how this fascinating, yet often overlooked, area of law can help you provide added value to existing clients and might even help you get some new ones.

What You Will Learn

This course will cover the following:

• How food law is enacted at EU and national levels
• The main food laws including safety and hygiene and food information
• Where to find the legislation, case law and guidance
• The domestic application and interpretation of food law
• The domestic enforcement of food law
• The powers of the regulators
• Protecting your client and challenging the regulator
• Prosecutions and the due diligence defence
• Sentencing in food law cases
• Current trends and horizon scanning
• Developing a food law offer - the business case