Foodlaw-Reading

Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK

Providng access to food law since May 1996

Future of this site

Following discussions with the University of Reading, it is now expected that this site will be closing at the end of August 2024. I am grateful to those who have recently completed the survey and indicated how much they value the site and my work in keeping it running for the last 28 years. However, I have decided that the new requirements will need a significant effort - more than I am willing to provide.

I am however open to suggestions from anyone who might have an interest in taking over its running and hosting it at another location - and, of course, potentially adapting and improving it. Please send any offers to my Reading email address which can be found quite easily elsewhere on this site.

David Jukes

Brexit

The UK left the EU at the end of 2020. Since 1 January 2021, UK legislation (except for Northern Ireland) is now separate from that of the European Union. These pages have been updated to reflect this change. For more details, see: UK Food Law - EU Legislation as Amended for the UK

Although the legal basis changed, most requirements relating to the sale of food products in the United Kingdom did not change. Changes to EU legislation since the UK left are not part of UK legislation - divergence in the requirements will become increasingly apparent.

News

• Latest News, Legislation and Documents
  • News - Index

Key Topics - Access to EU and UK Legislation

• UK Food Legislation Post-Brexit (from 31 January 2020)
  • 'Brexit (for material up to 31 January 2020)
• 'General Food Law': EU Regulation 178/2002
• Official Control - EU Measures
  
  • Official Control in the UK
• Hygiene - EU Measures
• Food Additives
  
  • EU Food Additives: Listing by E Number
  • UK Food Additives: Historical Development of Legal Controls (1925-2000)
• Food Flavourings
• Food Labelling
  
  • Nutrition and Health Claims
  • UK Food Labelling: Historical Development of Legal Controls (1943-1996)
• Food for Specific Groups (formerly PARNUTS)
• Fortified Foods
• Food Supplements
• Food Contaminants
• Pesticide Residues
• Veterinary Drug Residues
• Food Contact Materials and Articles
• Novel Foods
• GMOs, NGTs and PBOs (formerly GM Foods)
• Quality Schemes and Indications for Food (PDO, PGI and TSG)
• Organic Food
  

Legislation

• Legislation - Index
• United Kingdom
  • UK Acts
  • UK Regulations (listed by date)
  • UK Food Law - EU Legislation as Amended for the UK (as applied from January 2021)
• Scottish Regulations (from July 1999 only)
• Welsh Regulations
• Northern Ireland Regulations (from January 1998 only)
• European Union
  • European Laws (most recent)
• General Food Law (Regulation 178/2002) (Consolidated version - July 2019)
• Commission Documents (COMDOCS)
• ECJ - Cases Relevant to Food Law

General

• Search Page
• Documents (Listings of documents are available from January 2010)
• Key Events: 1988-2020
• Food Law Links