Muslim prisoners sue over contaminated halal pies – Daily Telegraph
“Nearly 200 Muslim prisoners are suing the Government after being served halal food contaminated with pork, claiming their human rights were breached.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2013...
View ArticleShould we have an enforceable right to food? – Professor Geraldine van Bueren...
“Nearly eight hundred years ago, in 1216 English law first recognized a right to food. Yet between April and September this year over 350,000 people received three days’ emergency food from the...
View ArticleSweet shop owner fined £400 for selling 30p Asda chocolate as £3 Wonka bars –...
“A sweet shop owner has been fined after he sold 30p Asda Smart Price chocolate bars as ‘Wonka’ bars worth £3.” Full story The Independent, 5th November 2013 Source: www.independent.co.uk
View ArticleUpdate – exclusions; LA interventions; missing education; and there’s no such...
‘This post picks up on two recent education cases, the Ofsted report on children missing education and funding arrangements for free school meals.’ Full story Education Law Blog, 9th December 2013...
View ArticleWensleydale cheese granted protected status – BBC News
‘Only cheese produced in the Yorkshire Dales will in future be allowed to use the name Yorkshire Wensleydale. The European Commission has awarded the cheese Protected Geographical Indication status...
View ArticleBaby dies of rickets from vegetarian mother – Daily Telegraph
‘Couple told they could face jail after admitting manslaughter of their son Ndingeko, who died from rickets after his parents insisted on strict eating regime as part of their religion.’ Full story...
View ArticleThree charged with stealing food from skip behind Iceland supermarket – The...
‘Crown Prosecution Service claims there is “significant public interest” in prosecuting men arrested for taking discarded food.’ Full story The Guardian, 28th January 2014 Source: www.guardian.co.uk
View ArticleProsecutors drop case against men caught taking food from Iceland bins – The...
‘Three men caught taking discarded food from bins outside an Iceland store will not now be prosecuted after an explosion of criticism over the decision to bring charges against them, including from the...
View ArticleFood for thought: is an unauthorised photo of your restaurant meal an IP...
‘I do it. My friends do it. And I suspect that you’ve occasionally done it. It is what is colloquially referred to as ‘food porn’ – the salivating over restaurant menus online in preparation for a meal...
View ArticleBoy fed nine litres of goat milk a day cannot stay with his mother, court...
‘A boy who was fed nine litres of goat’s milk a day for six months will not be allowed to live with his mother, a senior family court judge has ruled.’ Full story The Independent, 6th March 2014...
View ArticleMinisters to axe ‘bureaucratic’ rules on school dinners – Daily Telegraph
‘ Strict guidelines regulating the amount of sugar in school dinners have been scrapped just as health experts raise alarm over the deteriorating standard of people’s daily diet. The Government said...
View ArticleTermination of licence to operate soup kitchen was unlawful: High Court –...
‘A High Court judge has ruled that a local authority’s decision to terminate a charity’s licence to operate a ‘soup kitchen’ at one of the council’s car parks was unlawful.’ Full story Local Government...
View ArticleSpoiling the Broth – NearlyLegal
‘Blake and others v LB Waltham Forest [2014] EWHC 1027 (Admin) is a judicial review challenge to the local authority’s decision to terminate a licence held by Christian Kitchen (the 3rd Claimant) to...
View ArticleHertfordshire placenta smoothies firm ban over ‘health risk’– BBC News
‘A company cannot process raw placentas for new mothers to eat, after a judge ruled it posed a “health risk”.’ Full story BBC News, 16th May 2014 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
View ArticleGlucosamine: is it a medicine or not a medicine? Blue Bio v Secretary of...
‘Medicines are tightly regulated – for good reason. But what about those products occupying the grey area around obviously medicinal products: food supplements, sports nutrition, herbal and homeopathic...
View ArticleJudges use Great British Bake Off-style test to rule on £2.8m Snowball case –...
‘Two judges taste a range of snacks ‘in moderation’ at tax tribunal hearing and decide that Snowballs are cakes and thus VAT zero-rated.’ Full story Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2014 Source:...
View ArticleSupreme Court calls time on Greek yoghurt food fight – The Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court has sided with the makers of Total yoghurt, Fage, in refusing US rival Chobani permission to appeal the definition of Greek yoghurt.’ Full story The Lawyer, 30th July 2014 Source:...
View ArticleNew hospital food rules introduced – BBC News
‘Hospitals in England will be expected to provide a higher standard of food under new measures being announced by the health secretary.’ Full story BBC News, 29th August 2014 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
View ArticleHorsemeat scandal: food safety expert warns issues have not been addressed –...
‘Chris Elliott led an inquiry into last year’s saga and says problems remain with proper control of UK food supply chain.’ Full story The Guardian, 4th September 2014 Source: www.guardian.co.uk
View ArticleGovernment agrees to set up Food Crime Unit following Elliott Review – Local...
‘A new Food Crime Unit is to be set up after the Government accepted all of the recommendations of the Elliott report on food integrity and assurance of food supply networks.’ Full story Local...
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