Foodlaw-Reading

Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK

Providng access to food law since May 1996
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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

Last updated: 16 June, 2024

Latest News, Legislation and Documents

Latest News

  • EU: 13 June 2024 COMPOSITION - Clearer rules on origin and composition of honey: Commission sets up Honey Platform
  • EU: 12 June 2024 FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS - Member States endorse ban of Bisphenol A in food contact materials
  • INT: 8 June 2024 CODEX / PESTICIDES - CCPR / Meeting concludes “Another successful gathering of the experts on pesticides”
  • EU: 6 June 2024 LABELLING - Country of Origin Labelling for foodstuffs - Information from the German and Austrian delegations, supported by the Estonian, Finnish, French and Portuguese delegations
  • EU: 4 June 2024 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission consultation: methods of analysis for official checks as laid down in Commission Regulation No 2073/2005
  • UK: 3 June 2024 OFFICIAL CONTROLS / IMPORTS - Letter to importers regarding foods that do not conform with UK food legislation
  • INT: 3 June 2024 CODEX / CONTAMINANTS / PESTICIDES - CCPR55 / A productive and efficient committee with sense of warm collaboration and mutual respect
  • EU: 31 May 2024 OLIVE OIL - Commission consultation: Olive oil marketing standards – revision of conformity checks
  • INT: 28 May 2024 WTO / FOOD FRAUD - New WTO publication highlights strategies to tackle illicit trade in food and food fraud
  • INT: 27 May 2024 CODEX / EUROPE - CCEURO33/ Germany hosts the Committee for the first time
  • UK: 24 May 2024 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - Over Two Thirds of UK Beer and Wine Servings are Short Measures
  • UK: 20 May 2024 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - National Food Standards Priorities 2024-2025 and the National Enforcement Priorities 2024-25 for Animal Feed and Food Hygiene at Primary Production
  • INT: 20 May 2024 CODEX / OFFICIAL CONTROLS / ANALYSIS - CCMAS43/ Report adoption goes well with recipes for soup and success
  • INT: 14 May 2024 CODEX / OFFICIAL CONTROLS / ANALYSIS - CCMAS43/ A meeting of professionals who think together
  • UK: 14 May 2024 BREXIT - Revocation and amendment of food and drink assimilated laws
  • EU: 3 May 2024 HYGIENE / SAFETY - Commission consultation – updated rules for imports of used cooking oil

For older news items for 2024, see Food Law News - 2024. For other years, see: Food Law News - Index

Latest Legislation

A listing of some of the most recently published UK and EU key legislation. To access other legislation pages on this site, see Food Legislation - Index

UK

  • 11 June 2024: 741 (W. 102) - Food Additives and Novel Foods (Authorisations and Miscellaneous Amendments) and Food Flavourings (Removal of Authorisations) (Wales) Regulations 2024
  • 4 June 2024: 156 - Food Additives and Novel Foods (Authorisations and Miscellaneous Amendments) and Food Flavourings (Removal of Authorisations) (Scotland) Regulations 2024
  • 30 May 2024: 685 - Food Additives and Novel Foods (Authorisations and Miscellaneous Amendments) and Food Flavourings (Removal of Authorisations) (England) Regulations 2024
  • 30 May 2024: 682 (W. 94) - Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (Wales) Regulations 2024

EU

For changes to the publication of the Official Journal from October 2023, see the note on the EU Food Laws: 2024 page.
  • 13 June 2024: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1694 of 12 June 2024 amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for Canada and the United States in the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds (OJ L, 2024/1694, 13.6.2024)
  • 12 June 2024: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1662 of 11 June 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing the entry into the Union of certain goods from certain third countries implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/625 and (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2024/1662, 12.6.2024)
  • 7 June 2024: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1611 of 6 June 2024 authorising the placing on the market of isomaltulose powder as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L, 2024/1611, 7.6.2024)
  • 3 June 2024: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1621 of 31 May 2024 amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for Australia and the United States in the lists of third countries, territories or zones thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds (OJ L, 2024/1621, 3.6.2024)
  • 27 May 2024: Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1451 of 24 May 2024 amending Annex II and Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the food additives tartaric acid (L(+)-) (E 334), sodium tartrates (E 335), potassium tartrates (E 336), sodium potassium tartrate (E 337) and calcium tartrate (E 354) (OJ L, 2024/1451, 27.5.2024)
  • 27 May 2024: Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1439 of 24 May 2024 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for fenazaquin, mepiquat and propamocarb in or on certain products (OJ L, 2024/1439, 27.5.2024)
  • 24 May 2024: Directive (EU) 2024/1438 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 amending Council Directives 2001/110/EC relating to honey, 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption, 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption, and 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (OJ L, 2024/1438, 24.5.2024)
  • 22 May 2024: Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1355 of 21 May 2024 amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for benzovindiflupyr, chlorantraniliprole, emamectin, quinclorac, spiromesifen, and triflumuron in or on certain products (OJ L, 2024/1355, 22.5.2024)
  • 22 May 2024: Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1342 of 21 May 2024 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for deltamethrin, metalaxyl, thiabendazole and trifloxystrobin in or on certain products (OJ L, 2024/1342, 22.5.2024)
  • 21 May 2024: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1401 of 7 March 2024 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2104 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for olive oil (OJ L, 2024/1401, 21.5.2024)
  • 16 May 2024: Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1318 of 15 May 2024 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels prothioconazole in or on certain products (OJ L, 2024/1318, 16.5.2024)
  • 16 May 2024: Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1314 of 15 May 2024 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for dithianon in or on certain products (OJ L, 2024/1314, 16.5.2024)
  • 8 May 2024: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1270 of 7 May 2024 correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2466 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for eggs (OJ L, 2024/1270, 8.5.2024)

For earlier legislation for 2024, see: EU Food Laws: 2024 or UK Food Regulations: 2010 - Present

Latest Documents

Providing access to recent key documents relating to UK, EU or international aspects of food law. Some will be available from this site, others will be available from links to other sites. To access documents, click on the images. Documents are shown with the most recent additions first. For older documents, see: Documents

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down analytical methods applicable to official controls performed for the verification of compliance of food business operators with Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005

A copy of the draft is available on this site (click on image). See also: EU: 4 June 2024 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission consultation: methods of analysis for official checks as laid down in Commission Regulation No 2073/2005

FSA LA Letter: Letter to importers regarding foods that do not conform with UK food legislation

A copy of the letter, including Annex1, is available on this site (click on image). See also: UK: 3 June 2024 OFFICIAL CONTROLS / IMPORTS - Letter to importers regarding foods that do not conform with UK food legislation

Commission consultation: Draft COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2105 laying down rules on conformity checks of marketing standards for olive oil and methods of analysis of the characteristics of olive oil

A copy of the draft Regulation is available on this site (click on image). Also available is a draft Annex. See Draft Annex - Olive Oil Regulation. See also: EU: 31 May 2024 OLIVE OIL - Commission consultation: Olive oil marketing standards – revision of conformity checks

WTO Book: Illicit trade in food and food fraud

The book can be downloaded from the WTO site (click on image). See also: INT: 28 May 2024 WTO / FOOD FRAUD - New WTO publication highlights strategies to tackle illicit trade in food and food fraud

National Food Standard Priorities for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

A copy of this document is available on this site (click on image). See also: UK: 20 May 2024 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - National Food Standards Priorities 2024-2025 and the National Enforcement Priorities 2024-25 for Animal Feed and Food Hygiene at Primary Production

Provided under the Open Government Licence. The original document was accessed from:

National Enforcement Priorities for England and Wales: Feed law enforcement and food hygiene law enforcement at primary production

A copy of this document is available on this site (click on image). See also: UK: 20 May 2024 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - National Food Standards Priorities 2024-2025 and the National Enforcement Priorities 2024-25 for Animal Feed and Food Hygiene at Primary Production

Provided under the Open Government Licence. The original document was accessed from:

DEFRA Consultation Document: Revocation of food and drink assimilated legislation.

A copy of this document is available on this site (click on image). See also: UK: 14 May 2024 BREXIT - Revocation and amendment of food and drink assimilated laws. Also available are:

Provided under the Open Government Licence. The original document was accessed from:

For older documents, see: Documents

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