United Kingdom: Food and Drugs Law

The European Union has reached a political agreement to significantly extend compliance deadlines for high-risk AI systems under the AI Act, with businesses now having until December 2027 or August 2028 depending on their category. The revised framework introduces separate timelines for different types of high-risk AI applications, narrows certain definitions, and provides regulatory relief for small and medium-sized companies while adding new prohibitions on non-consensual intimate content generation.

Abstract: EPO decision T 1396/23 confirms that functional foods can support medical‑use claims when their therapeutic effects are credible, data‑backed, and tied to recognised clinical outcomes. This provides some comfort to innovators in this space, but many questions of implementation remain unanswered.

Restaurant M&A transactions present unique commercial and legal challenges that differ significantly from other sectors. From complex property portfolios and food safety compliance to supply chain resilience...