Food Law, 3rd edition
Written by: Barry Atwood, Katharine Thompson and Chris Willett
This new edition takes account of significant changes in food and feed law and procedure made since 2000 pursuant to the European Commission White Paper on Food Safety, the work of the Food Standards Agency and developments of wider relevance, such as the Human Rights legislation and the establishment of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Written in a straightforward and easy-to-use style, the 3rd edition of this practical book provides quick and easy access to the legislation that affects practitioners on a daily basis.
Bibliographic detail
ISBN: 9781847660954 / 978 1 84766 095 4
Publication Date:Feb-09
Format: Paperback
Availability: In Print
List price: £95
contents
Chapter 1: The development of modern food law
Chapter 2: Central and local government control of food
Chapter 3: General principles and requirements of Community food law
Chapter 4: Food Safety Act 1990: extent, subordinate legislative powers, interpretation and presumptions
Chapter 5: Food safety: rendering food injurious to health and inspection and seizure of suspected food
Chapter 6: Food safety: unhygienic food businesses
Chapter 7: Hazards, warning systems, emergencies and crisis management
Chapter 8: Consumer protection: general offences
Chapter 9: Food labelling and advertising
Chapter 10: Food standards and descriptions
Chapter 11: Food claims and nutrition
Chapter 12: Food safety: additives, contaminants, flavourings, contact materials, residues and other substances in food
Chapter 13: Food hygiene: general
Chapter 14: Food hygiene: production and importation of products of animal origin for human consumption
Chapter 15: Food preparation and temperature controls: miscellaneous provisions
Chapter 16: Quantity and price marking requirements
Chapter 17: Feeding stuffs
Chapter 18: Enforcement: official controls on food and feed
Chapter 19: Enforcement: prosecutions and evidence
Chapter 20: Strict liability, defences etc
Chapter 21: Civil remedies