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Transatlantic retail team speaks at San Diego conference on the legal requirements of food labelling
23 May 2019
Nicky Strong, WBD UK Consultant, and Kurt Weaver, WBD US Partner, have presented at the Food Safety Americas conference on the legal requirements for food labelling and responsibility for nutritional content and allergens.
Brexit: new UK product safety mark or CE mark, or both? Update on no-deal legislation
01 Apr 2019
The draft legislation implementing the new requirements for currently CE-marked products, titled The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, was issued in February and passed by Parliament on 20 March. The mammoth piece of legislation encompasses no less than 38 pieces of affected legislation, with Part 3 covering the amendments to the product safety regulations, encompassing all CE marked products with certain exceptions including pharmaceutical products and medical devices, and construction products. The Regulations will only take effect in the event of the UK exiting the EU without a deal.
Brexit: new UK product safety mark or CE mark, or both?
06 Feb 2019
The UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking is the new UK product marking that, subject to parliamentary approval, will be used for certain categories of products being placed on the UK in the event of a no deal. As part of accelerated planning for a no-deal Brexit, on the 2 February 2019, the government published guidance on using the UKCA marking post 29 March 2018. The guidance does not cover construction products, medical devices or rail interoperability which have been dealt with separately.
The Licensing Act 2003 - fundamentally flawed and major overhaul required
05 Apr 2017
After just under a year's consultation, the House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 (the Act) has published their report.
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