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It was recently widely reported that the UK Government is planning to legislate to enable ‘dynamic alignment’ with EU law with an SPS agreement about food to be the first example. What is now clear is this is expected to be a template for other markets.
The ASA’s first rulings under the new less healthy food advertising restrictions have now been published, offering early guidance on how the rules will be applied.
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 was passed in October last year, with the most relevant changes, including those for landlords of agricultural workers, coming into force on 1 May 2026.
The Nutrient Profile Model (NPM) consultation was published 25 March 2026 and proposes businesses have just 12 months to apply the ‘new’ NPM (2018 model) for their advertising and promotion of products.
It is eye-opening to see the recent figures reported in Farmers Weekly which show that dog attacks on farm animals cost UK farmers an estimated £1.95 million in 2025, a 10% rise from the previous year.
In the recent case of John M Clapp v The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Defra was found to have wrongly designated land as falling within a NVZ, and therefore the restrictions placed on agricultural activities should not have been imposed.
The UK government is entering into a new strategic partnership with the EU to oversee the trade and movement of plants, animal products, feed and food. This arrangement is known as a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement. The call to the agri-food sector is to “start getting ready now”.
The Competition & Markets Authority (“CMA”) published new guidance on making environmental claims across supply chains.
We take a look at the Spring Statement 2026 and what this means for the food and agri sector.
On 12 January 2026, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced plans to update the Nutrient Profile Model, which will likely expand the range of products affected by HFSS advertising restrictions.
Rob Biddlecombe was recently co-chair and a panellist at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum webinar “Next steps for food waste and reporting in England”. We look at some key takeaways from the conference.
Jessica Burt, food regulatory lawyer at Mills & Reeve, looked at the next steps for novel foods in the UK at Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum Policy Conference that was held on 27 November.