Food & Beverages

Our leading food solicitors

are food and drink specialists.

Our food solicitors guarantee

you outstanding quality food

and drink law advice

Our elite team of food solicitors are outstanding in the legal services we provide to the food and drink sector. Our food & drink lawyers will advise you on all areas of the food and drink chain including, labelling and packaging, composition, production and processing, food safety, hygiene audits, biological and chemical safety, foods for particular nutritional uses (PARNUTS), foods for special medical purposes , HACCP as well as health and nutritional claims. A food and drink solicitor will provide you with the highest quality legal advice whether you are a manufacturer, agribusiness, in production, a processor, distributor, importer or you require advice on enforcement. .

Our team of specialist food labelling lawyers will ensure that your food products' labelling and packaging meet UK requirements and laws. A specialist food lawyer will review and advise you on your labelling & packaging, advertising, allergens, presentation, import, export, distribution, licensing and sale of your products.

“We highly recommend their professional services to any company looking for a high standard legal

advice/solution with integrity and honesty.” David Raimundo, Director of Medis Health Ltd

Our Services

Some of the food & drink law services provided by our food law firm are as follows:

Allergens	Advice on food allergens in your products and on achieving compliance
Borderline Food	Advice on whether your food products are borderline and whether they should be classified as food products or medicinal products
Confectionery Products	Advice on the manufacture, supply and importation of confectionery products Labelling and packaging of confectionery products
Contract Manufacturing	Drafting contracts for contract manufacturing of foods Negotiating contracts
Dietary Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMPs)	Advice on the composition of FSMPs, labelling requirements and nutritional health claims
Distribution of Food Products	Drafting and negotiating distribution Agreements Terms and Conditions Intellectual Property Advice
Foods for Special Medical Purposes for Infants	Advice on Food for Special Medical Purposes for Infants, advertising, compositional requirements, labelling, nutrition and health claims Dedicated page Foods For Special Medical Purposes
Additives	Advice on food whether the food additives in your food products are within EU guidelines
Food Advertising, Marketing and Presentation	Advice on your advertising and presentation of your food products and whether your advertising and presentation of your food products are within UK guidelines
Composition	Advice on food composition
Contamination / Foreign Objects in Food	Advice on food contaminants and whether your food products fall within the UK guidelines
Enforcement Advice/Trading Standards	Advice on Food Law Code of Practice and compliance with Hygiene and Food Safety Requirements Advice and how to assist with how to achieve Hygiene and Food Safety Regulations Preparation for FSA Audit to ensure compliance Advice on how to deal with situations involving allegations of breaches and/or being served with food law enforcement notice or hygiene improvement notice
Foods for Particular Nutritional Uses (PARNUTS)	Advice on reimbursements
Health Claims	Reviewing your food health claims to ensure they fall within the regulations and advising you accordingly of compliance
Food Hygiene	Advice on food hygiene legislation Advice on the requisite standards of food hygiene and how to be compliant.
Import/Export	Advice on import/export of food products Terms of business Commercial contracts
Labelling and Packaging	Review and analysis of your labels and packaging Advice on whether your current food labels and packaging are compliant: whether they meet the regulations and laws to ensure your product labelling and packaging are compliant with current food laws Advice on Allergens and Additives Dedicated Food Labelling Webpage
Licensing	Advice on licensing and licensing agreements Licensing of a brand Licensing of your products Drafting and negotiating licensing agreements
Food Safety	Advice on meeting food safety standards and how to achieve this British Retail Consortium Standard for Food Safety
Processing and Production	Advice on food composition and labelling requirements and information that must be provided to consumers Advice on food safety and hygiene to ensure compliance
Food Standards, Certification and Storage	Advice on the levels of food standards and your methods and how to ensure your storage methods are within the regulations and laws Groceries Supply Code of Practice Food Assurance and Certification Safer Food Better Business
Sale and Purchase	Conducting Due Diligence Drafting and Negotiating your Heads of Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding Drafting and Negotiating your Share Purchase Agreement to Completion Sale and Purchase of Food Business Sale and Purchase of Food Company
Waste Disposal / Resource Disposal	Advice on UK food waste legislation Advice on how you dispose of waste such as, packaging, batteries and equipment Renewable energy
Infant Food	Advice on the laws around infant food formulation and labelling Advice on food contamination Dedicated page Infant Food Products
Food Manufacture/Manufacturing	Manufacturing Agreements Commercial Agreements Commercial Law Advice Food Hygiene Food Safety
Misleading Descriptions in Food under the Misleading Advertising Regulations	Advice on how to avoid mis-descriptions and misleading advertising. Conducting regular audits on your advertising, as is required by the law
Nutrition Declaration	Advice on whether the national declarations you make
Nutrition Labelling	Advice on whether your current nutrition labels meet the regulations and laws and to ensure your nutrition labelling is compliant with current laws
Nutrition and Health Claims	Advice on whether your nutrition and health claims fall within the regulations and laws Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods
Product Recall	Assistance with any product recall
Provision of Food Information to Consumers	Advice on the food information that you have to present to consumers, including pre-packed and non-pre-packed food and information on allergen listing (certain food causing allergies or intolerances), special storage conditions, conditions of use and nutrition declaration
Supermarket audits	Advise and assistance with your supermarket audits
Supply Chain Security	Specialists advice on your supply chain security working with security experts

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'Working with the regulatory team at RT Coopers was a real pleasure. They took the time to understand our requirements and was patient with my many follow up questions. They provided excellent advice that we could rely on with confidence. A thoroughly professional firm of solicitors with great support staff. I would not hesitate in recommending the firm to anyone who needs solid legal advice. Thank you'. Prash Lagisetti

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