Food marketing law, brands and regulatory framework for artisan and small scale producers. Labelling, QUIDs, EU and UK protected food names, IP rights.

The law concerning food labelling is almost exclusively to be found in retained EU law Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers. The Regulation is more commonly referred to as the ‘FIC’ (food information to consumers) and is defined as such by law, but occasionally the ‘FIR’ (food information regulation).

The general labelling requirements are covered in the document on General Food Labelling.

The focus here is on the durability indicators ‘best before’ and ‘use by’.

The general labelling requirements are covered in the document on General Food Labelling.

The focus here is on quantitative ingredient declarations (QUID).