Food safety solicitors

Get expert advice on any food safety or food hygiene legal issues

Our team of food safety solicitors embraces a detailed and holistic approach to guide you through the complex range of regulatory controls that affect your business and ensure it meets the exacting compliance standards required in today’s world.

A food business requires advice and support that combines both of these elements to ensure that it is protected from exposure to both civil and criminal sanctions. Changes to the Sentencing Guidelines for Food Safety and Hygiene offences have increased the exposure to significant fines. This has highlighted the vital importance of having robust policies and procedures in place to safeguard food production and distribution and demonstrate legal compliance.

Emergency notices and product recalls are fortunately infrequent events but when they occur it is vital that you have a specialist team by your side that is experienced in managing these issues.

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Testimonials

The Weightmans team has a strong depth of talent and is able to draw experience from across a wide range of client industries.
Legal 500, 2026
The team is uniformly helpful, speedy, and charming.
Legal 500, 2026
The Weightmans team has a strong depth of talent and is able to draw experience from across a wide range of client industries.
Legal 500, 2026
Maintains a strong presence in health care and Inquests work.
Legal 500, 2026
The Weightmans team are highly professional but at the same time are very personable and approachable. They are extremely engaging and are always on hand to offer their advice and expert opinion. The team has consistently provided us with outstanding legal support and guidance across various complex matters.
Legal 500, 2026
The team has a great deal of client skills and is readily able to make the client feel at ease. One gets the impression that the team considers greatly the needs and views of the client.
Legal 500, 2026
Weightmans are an excellent firm, packed with real stars who always deliver a first-class service for their clients. Their knowledge of regulatory law and inquest proceedings is unsurpassed.
Legal 500, 2026
The team is very well resourced and supported from partner level and as such, is well placed to provide high-quality representation at all stages.
Legal 500, 2026
Weightmans Birmingham team is a very strong choice for safety in the region.
Legal 500, 2026
Very responsive and great advice given.
Legal 500, 2026
The team are always striving to get the best result for us as a client. They have a very good depth of highly relevant knowledge and high levels of empathy for the company and affected staff. They are knowledgeable, practical and sensitive. They provided a personal service. Weightmans took the time to fully understand our business. They were diligent, informative and provided an exceptional service.
Chambers and Partners, 2026
Weightmans team has exceptional skill, knowledge, tenacity and drive to support their clients throughout proceedings and beyond. They have an exceptional grasp of rapidly changing complex matters.
Chambers 2025
The firm offers exceptionally high client support when dealing with extremely sensitive cases.
Chambers 2025
The practitioners are very diligent. They are also strong and responsive lawyers.
Chambers 2025

How our food safety solicitors can help you

Our food safety solicitors can ensure an acceptable response is provided to the regulator as well as handling media coverage to manage any reputational issues that may arise.

We have the technical expertise to provide both strategic and tactical value to your business and have assisted many companies in the following areas:

We advise and assist your people by identifying compliance gaps and working with them to achieve the most cost-effective solutions.
We focus on protecting your business by developing contractual arrangements with your suppliers that reflect legislative requirements.
We can strengthen and improve your procedures by providing technical solutions so you can confidently rely on your Due Diligence defence system.
Our specialist team of lawyers with experience of product recall and emergency enforcement can provide support and bespoke advice during critical situations.

We also provide guidance when setting up your business to ensure that contractual arrangements reflect the distinct nature of food safety and the legislative framework in which you operate. Choosing the right accreditation scheme and providing the right training for your people are essential considerations to make at the early stages. Our team can offer valuable expertise during these decisions.