Food packaging and labelling in the UK play a vital role in protecting consumer health, supporting informed choices, and ensuring compliance with food safety laws. Whether buying a ready meal or a tin ...

In a post-Brexit setting, legislative divergence and alignments in food labelling create challenges and opportunities for UK-based food operators, according to Jessica Burt, Associate of Food Law at ...

The UK government has postponed plans to enforce new labelling rules on EU food imports by more than a year. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) said it was concerned the new ...

UK food and drinks industry bodies have re-iterated their concerns after it was confirmed by the government new ‘not for EU’ labels are to be introduced on all goods targeted at the domestic market.

The UK government has dropped a commitment made in the last government’s ‘Safeguarding the Union’ command paper, external. That command paper was central to persuading the Democratic Unionist Party ...

The row over whether front-of-pack labeling in the UK should conform to unified standards intensified today when campaign group Action on Sugar accused cereal manufacturers of “deliberately deceiving” ...

In a statement emailed to industry stakeholders, Defra said that EPR is currently on track to come into force in January 2025. It added that it will “include mandatory labelling across the UK – likely ...

The UK medicines regulator has reminded pharma companies that from 1st January next year, all medicines sold in the country will have to comply with new labelling measures resulting from the UK's exit ...

In an update published on 16 December 2025, the FSA said it is aware that some Dubai-style chocolate products on sale in the ...