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Covering food and feed law in England and Wales, this book is written for practitioners and students, Food Law covers developments, discusses matters of particular difficulty, explains the torrent of legislation putting it in to context and covers relevant case law using illustrative examples where possible. The scope of food and feed law in England and Wales is ever widening. Brexit has had a huge impact, particularly on Consumer Law, and this is reflected in the new edition. The fourth edition covers: - The effect of Brexit and retained EU Law- Implications of the Food Standards Agency’s ‘Regulating our Future’ agenda - Major changes to hygiene legislation - Sentencing Council and breach of food safety and food hygiene regulations - Food Law Code of Practice 2021 - Food Information Regulations (FIR) and Natasha’s Law amendments. It also covers the law in related fields such as marketing standards for agricultural products, community consumer protection as well as changes in the machinery of Government and covers the powers that have been given to DEFRA and the Department of Health and the decision by the Scottish Government to legislate and to take full control of Food Law for Scotland as a result of these powers.

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Dr Katharine Thompson is a Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University and teaches Constitutional & Administrative Law at undergraduate level, Employment Law at undergraduate and postgraduate level and Food Law at postgraduate level. She researches in the areas of Food Law and Public Law and has written a number of books and articles in these areas. Katharine is also the Food Safety Editor for Butterworth’s Law of Food and Drugs. Professor Chris Willett is a Professor at Essex University and has taught, researched, published and advised in the areas of UK, EU and global consumer and contract law; commercial law; sales law; food law; digital content law; services of general interest; financial services law; and unfair terms and practices law. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Udine in Italy and has close links in other parts of Italy, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Melbourne and Helsinki. He regularly conducts studies and research reports and advises on law reform for the UK government, the EU and other bodies, eg recently on major legislative reform of UK consumer law, digital content reform in the EU and consumer protection in relation to financial services in the UK and EU. Neil Parpworth is a Principal Lecturer at De Montfort University. His teaching and publishing interests lie in the fields of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights and Environmental Law. He is the author or co-author of a number of books and articles in refereed journals. He has also had many articles published in legal professional journals.

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