Food and Nutrition: Food law

Legislation refers to a law or a set of laws.

Examples of food related legislation can be found below. These include Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments (rules and regulations), and EU Law. 

Act of Parliament example

Food Safety Act 1990

Statutory Instrument example

Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013/2996

EU regulation example

Regulation (EC) 178/2002 

The best place to find legislation and cases is on a legal database like Westlaw (linked above). 

Watch the videos below for a demonstration of finding this information. More guidance on using Westlaw can be found on the Law subject guide. 

Finding legislation on Westlaw UK (video)

Finding cases on Westlaw UK (video)

Court cases in English law are published in law reports.

You can find the judgments from these cases on a legal database like Westlaw.

Law report example

R (on the application of Tesco Stores Ltd) v Birmingham Magistrates Court [2020] EWHC 799 (Admin)

To reference legal documents in APA style, please follow the guidance on the APA guide. 

On the A-Z list, you will find guidance and examples on how to reference the following types of legal source:

• Acts of Parliament
• Command papers
• European Union legislation
• Hansard House of Commons/Lords debates
• Law reports (cases)
• Statutory instruments