Key UK Food Laws

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If you're looking at all this and thinking, ‘Where on earth do I start?’ — you're not alone. The list below gives you a glimpse of just how much legislation is involved, and yes, it really is as tangled as it looks. And no, this still isn’t the full picture — there’s always something new on the horizon. 

That's why people come to us. We make sense of the chaos of the UK food laws so you don’t have to. 

• Food Information to Consumers (FIC) Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011
   
• UK Food Information Regulations 2014
   
• Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006
   
• Food Safety Act 1990
   
• Food Hygiene Regulations (England) 2013

• The Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2023

• The Food Additives (England) Regulations 2009

• The Novel Foods (England) Regulations 2018
   
• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 – Worth keeping an eye on this one, as it could affect future food labelling legislation.