Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Links -
Other Useful Sites for Food Law

The page was last fully checked and updated during March 2015. Minor amendments will be made as requried.

On this page: United Kingdom, Europe, International Organisations, Other National Site

United Kingdom

• Food Standards Agency
  • News Centre
    • News
    • Consultations
  • Science and Policy
    • Scientific committees
  • Food Safety and Hygiene
  • Business Guidance
    • Labelling and allergens
    • Hygiene requirements for your business
  • Local Autdhorities
    • Regulation and Legislation
    • Food nd Feed Law Guide (pdf file; January 2018 Edition)
    • Food Law Code of Practice (pdf file: March 2017 Edition)
    • The Food Safety Act 1990: a Guide for Food Businesses (pdf file; 2009 Edition)
    • Letters to Local Authorities
• www.gov.uk (Claims to be "The best place to find government services and information")
  • Announcements: 'Food and Farming'
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
  
  • Announcements
  • Consultations
  • Publications
  • Food and Farming
    • DEFRA Policy: Making the food and farming industry more competitive..
      • GM (Genetic modification)
      • Cloning of farmed animals
    • Food Standards - Labelling, durability and composition
    • Organic Farming
    • EU Protected Food Names : Gudiance for producers
  • Controlling animal disease
  • Veterinary Medicines Directorate (an Executive Agency of Defra)
• Department of Health and Social Care (DH), UK
  • Announcements
  • Consultations
  • Publications
  • Obesity and Healthy Eating
  • Public Health Responsibility Deal (Archive material only)
• Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  • Agriculture: Pesticides
  • Food and Drink Manufacture
  • Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD)
  • Pesticides
• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (at one time, the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI))
  • Office for Product Safety and Standards
  • Regulatory Delivery (formerly: Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO)
  • Weights and Measures
  • Government Chemist
    • Publications
• Scotland
  • Food Standards Scotland (FSS)
    • News and Events
    • Publications and Resources
  • Scottish Government
    • Food and Drink
  • Scottish Parliament
    • Food (Scotland) Bill
• Welsh Assembly Government
• Legislation.gov.uk
  • Public General Acts
    • Food Satefy Act 1990 (Revised)
    • Food Standards Act 1999
  • UK Statutory Instruments
  • Wales Statutory Instruments
  • Scottish Statutory Instruments
  • Northern Ireland Statutory Rules
• TSO Online Bookshop (formerly The Stationery Office)
  • Daily List - Index
• Parliament
  • House of Commons
  • House of Lords
• HM Courts and Tribunals Service
• Enforcement Work
  • Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), UK
  • Trading Standards Institute (TSI)
  • Local Government Association
  • The Association of Public Analysts
• British Standards Institute (BSI)
  • BSI Shop
• Institute of Food Science and Technology (UK)
  • Knowledge Centre
• Food and Drink Federation (FDF)
• Campden BRI (formerley Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association and the Brewing Reseach Institute)
• Leatherhead Food Research (LFR) (formerly Leatherhead Food Research Association)
• Advertising Standards Authority

Europe

• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
  • News
  • Management Board - Papers, etc
  • Scientific Panels and Units - Links to committees
• Europa Homepage
  • Eur-Lex (Legal documents)
    • Search in Legislation (Advanced Search)
    • Official Journal
    • Consolidated legislation
    • Preparatory Acts (e.g. COM DOCS)
    • Treaties
      • Treaty on European Union (Consolidated version, October 2012 - pdf file)
      • Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Consolidated version, October 2012 - pdf file)
      • Treaty of Lisbon (Dec 2007 - pdf file)
    • Directory of EU Legislation
  • Register of Delegated Acts
  • Summaries of Legislation (fomerley SCAD Plus)
    • Food Safety
    • Consumers (includes product labelling)
    • Agriculture
    • Internal Market
  • Europa Newsroom
    • Press Releases
  • The European Commission
    • European Commission: Law
      • Contribute to law-making:
        • Your Voice in Europe: Open consultations
        • Published initiatives
    • DG Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE - fomerly SANCO)
      • Food Safety
        • News
        • Consultations
        • Regulatory Committees (e.g. Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health)
        • EU positions papers for Codex Alimentarius
        • Food Labelling and Nutrition
        • Health and Food Audits and Analysis (formerly the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO))
          • Health and Food Audits and Analysis News
        • Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)
          • RASFF Portal - Search Page
    • DG Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI)
      • Quality Policy (PDO/PGI/TSG)
      • Organic Farming
    • DG Trade (External) (DG TRADE)
    • DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)
      • Food and Drink Sector
    • Commission News
      • Search Press Release Database (RAPID)
  • The Council of the European Union
    • Meetings
    • Press Releases
    • Documents and Publications
  • The European Parliament (EUROPARL)
    • News
      • Press Releases - All
    • The Legislative Observatory
      • Search
    • Committee: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
  • The Court of Justice of the European Communities
    • Press Releases
    • Judgements: 1953 - 1988
    • Judgements: 1989 - Present
    • Court of First Instance - Judgements
  • European Economic and Social Committee
• European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)
  
• Council of Europe
• FoodDrinkEurope
• Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC) (The European Consumer Organisation)
• European Food Law Association (EFLA-AEDA)

International Organisations

• Codex Alimentarius Commission
  • Codex News and Events
  • Codex Procedural Manual (26th Edition - 2018) [Copies of the 13th, 14th and 18th Editions are also available on this site]
  • Codex Texts:
    • Standards
    • Guidelines
    • Codes of Practice
    • Codex General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA - Online Database)
  • Committees and Task Forces (with links to documentation)
  • Meetings Reports
  • Understanding Codex (4th Edition; July 2016) (pdf file)
• Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
  • FAO - Media Centre
  • Documents (Search page) - Direct access to:
    • Perspectives and Guidelines on Food Legislation with a New Model Food Law (2005)
    • Strengthening national food control systems - Guidelines to assess capacity building needs (2006)
    • Food safety risk analysis - A guide for national food safety authorities (2006)
    • The Application of Risk Communication to Food Standards and Safety Matters (1998)
    • Risk Management and Food Safety (1997) (pdf file)
    • Trade and Food Standards (2017) (pdf file)
  • Food Safety and Quality
    • About us
    • Publications
    • Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) (FAO page)
  • Nutrition
  • FAO Legal Office
    • Publications
    • FAOLEX Data Base on national legislation
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • News Releases
  • Top Stories
  • Food Safety
    • Publications related to Food Safety
    • Areas of Work
      • Chemical Risks
        • Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) (WHO page)
• International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
• World Trade Organisation (WTO)
  • WTO News
• WTO Documents
  • Legal Texts
    • Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (The SPS Agreement) (pdf file)
    • Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (The TBT Agreement) (pdf file)
    • Dispute Settlement Understanding (pdf file)
• Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  • Links to members' SPS related web sites
• Dispute Settlement
• Understanding the WTO
  • The WTO in brief
• International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Chemical Safety and Biosafety
  • Science and Technology: Biotechnology
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Programme: Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
    • Food and Environment Protection
• International Union of Food Science & Technology (IUFoST)
  
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  • ISO Standards Catalogues

Other National Sites

USA

• USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Food
    • Guidance and Regulation
    • Compliance and Enforcement
    • Ingredients, Packaging and Labeling
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Laws and Regulations
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
    • Food Labelling
    • Inspection
    • Regulations, Directives and Notices
    • Intenational Affairs
    • Codex Alimentarius
  • Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
    • FAS Attache Reports (for reports up to Feb 2009)
    • Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) (for reports from Feb 2009)
    • United States Mission to the European Union
• Foodsafety.gov ('Gateway to Government Food Safety Information')
• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
• Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
• Michigan State University: Institute for Food Laws and Regulations (IFLR)

Canada

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Health Canada

Australia / New Zealand

• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
  • Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code