FOOD LAW

Committed to the continuous enhancement of the services offered to our clientele, our firm has expanded its area of expertise to include Food Law, a matter of significant interest to all companies and consortia that can benefit from professionals providing valuable legal support to properly comply with obligations imposed by national and EU legislation. This includes matters such as safety, hygiene, traceability, labeling, quality schemes (PDO, PGI, organic, etc.), and to avoid civil liability as well as criminal and administrative violations.

In particular, our firm provides assistance in case of inspection and control;
⁃ Support in managing and communicating crises (recall, withdrawal, RASFF);
⁃ Consultancy in managing quality control and hygiene (e.g., drafting/implementing HACCP systems within the company);
⁃ Development of audits to verify the compliance of facilities and products with environmental, food, and occupational safety regulations;
⁃ Consultancy for brand protection
⁃ Advice on pesticides and contaminants;
⁃ Verification of compliance and optimization of labels;
⁃ Legal assistance regarding product advertising (e.g., nutritional and health claims, "green claims");
⁃ Competition law and antitrust regulations in the food sector (e.g., advice regarding unfair commercial practices and anticompetitive agreements);
⁃ Contract law (e.g., manufacturing contracts, research, development and cooperation agreements, commercial and distribution agreements, licensing contracts);
⁃ Industrial property (e.g., defense and protection of industrial property rights such as trademarks, patents, protection of geographical indications and denominations);
⁃ Representation in proceedings before administrative courts as well as in criminal proceedings before courts, including the European Court of Justice and the European Union General Court;
⁃ Assistance in dealing with national and European authorities.