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Product Liability: Food | UK

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Product Liability: Food encompasses advice given by firms with regard to product safety in the food industry. Work considered may include regulatory compliance, product recalls and litigation concerning issues such as food poisoning outbreaks or incorrect allergen labelling. Firms may represent food manufacturers and ingredient suppliers as well as distribution companies and food retailers.

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Band 1

  1. Hogan Lovells
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    Hogan Lovells
    Product Liability: Food
    2025 | Band 1 | 15 Years Ranked
    Hogan Lovells is highly regarded for its food and drink expertise, which includes the full range of regulatory compliance and enforcement issues, commercial advice and labelling concerns. It represents major brands, food retailers, distributors and manufacturers in matters including sensitive product recalls, marketing strategy and new product launches. The firm offers clients the benefit of wider strength across continental Europe, Asia and the USA as part of an integrated global service. Clients are well served by the firm's strength in trade mark and IP work.
  2. DWF
    Product Liability: Food
    2025 | Band 1
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Band 2

  1. Covington & Burling LLP
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    Covington & Burling LLP
    Product Liability: Food
    2025 | Band 2 | 15 Years Ranked
    Covington & Burling is notable for its product liability work across the food industry as a whole, with particular expertise in relation to health food and supplements. The team is able to advise on cross-border matters for clients facing difficult regulatory, food safety and product recall issues. Its other areas of expertise include advertising and labelling. It offers broad coverage to a range of food trade associations, manufacturers, and food and drink retailers.
  2. Osborne Clarke LLP
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    Osborne Clarke LLP
    Product Liability: Food
    2025 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Osborne Clarke's Bristol-based regulatory disputes department possesses notable expertise in product liability and regulatory matters across the food and drink sector, with an impressive grasp of product recall, labelling and contamination issues. It offers further capabilities in handling regulatory aspects of market entry and product launches.
  3. Shoosmiths LLP
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    Shoosmiths LLP
    Product Liability: Food
    2025 | Band 2 | 15 Years Ranked
    Shoosmiths provides a full service to clients in the food industry, handling issues arising throughout the supply chain, including product recalls and food safety prosecutions. It is able to offer further advice on matters of labelling and advertising. The firm is often called on by multinational corporations following difficult and brand-damaging incidents. Its particular areas of expertise include issues relating to warehousing and distribution, food manufacturing and catering services.