Product Liability: Food | UK

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.

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.

Osborne Clarke's Bristol-based regulatory disputes department possesses notable breadth of 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 handling regulatory aspects of market entry and product launches.

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.

Burges Salmon's food and drink group in Bristol offers a range of services for clients in the food and beverage industry, dealing with regulatory advice, food labelling and advertising issues, as well as product recalls. The firm has particular expertise in handling contamination and allergen incidents. It offers counsel to clients including major international food businesses, manufacturers and producers.