Subjects:

Food Law

Contents:

The development of modern food law

Central and local government control of food

Consumer remedies

Food Safety Act 1990: extent, subordinate legislative powers, interpretation and presumption

Food composition: general safety and quality

Food labelling, presentation and advertising

Food standards and descriptions

Food claims, nutrition labelling and particular nutritional uses

The food safety requirements and inspection and seizure of suspected food

Food safety: additives, contaminants, flavourings, contact materials, residues and other substances in food

Food safety

unhygienic food business and emergencies

Food hygiene and food preparation

Food hygiene: production and importation of products of animal origin for human consumption

Food hygiene and quality: temperature controls

Quantity and price marking requirements

Feeding stuffs

Enforcement: inspections, sampling, analysis, examination and powers of entry

Enforcement: prosecutions and evidence

Strict liability, defences etc Appendicies

The second edition of this popular work has been fully updated to reflect the numerous changes in the law relating to food and food safety that have occurred since 1990 such as GM food labelling, claims nutrition labelling and misleading descriptions.New sections of the work deal with the Food Standards Act 1999, the Government of Wales Act 1998, the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 and current feeding stuffs legislation.

Among other important areas covered are the latest Regulations on additives and contaminants, food hygiene (including BSE and E coli 0157) and food labelling including QUID and GMO's. This accessible step-by-step guide explains the principles and extent of current legislation. Written in a straightforward and easy-to-use style, it provides quick and easy access to the legislation that affects practitioners on a daily basis.