Food Law

Publisher: Tottel Publishing

Authors: Barry Atwood, Katharine Thompson & Chris Willett

Price: £85.00

Edition: 3rd Edition (February 2009)

ISBN: 978-1-84766-095-4

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Being a consumer lawyer, I am always keen to read and review consumer law textbooks.  Food law, being a part of consumer law but largely independent, is an important area of law for consumers and the food industry given the considerable sums spent each year.  Practitioners advising on this area therefore need to provide clear and coherent advice: Food Law will quickly allow them to do this.

Written by experienced academic consumer lawyers with particular expertise in this discrete area of law, Food Law comes nearly nine years after the second edition.  It impressively and succinctly incorporates and explains the significant and important changes to food and feed law during that period.  It provides a logical and considered approach of the material and examines, where appropriate, the important case-law and legislative materials.  This allows the reader to really understand the principles and their application.

Food Law is split into twenty-one chapters including an overview of the law's development, the Food Safety Act 1990, consumer protection by bodies like Trading Standards, advertising and claims (particularly on nutrition), food hygiene, pricing and labelling, enforcement and (somewhat less importantly) civil remedies.  It is testament to the authors' expertise that these topics are succinct, well-structured and provide sufficient detail for practitioners (in particular) to properly advise clients.  In a similar vein, Food Law is detailed enough to be the key text for anyone advising on or studying this area of law.

With growing consumer regulation comes added costs and risks.  To ensure compliance, regular and up-to-date advice is needed.  Food Law provides a clear and coherent guide which will be invaluable to practitioners, businesses, consumers and consumer watchdogs.  Without a text like Food Law, interested parties will need to consult a considerable looseleaf or (in some cases) try to piece together the material on their own.  Its price, at only £85, should mean it is the first port of call for anyone interested in this fascinating area of law.

Reviewed on 14 June 2009

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