Our Expertise
Experts in innovation in the food and feed area
Food Law Science & Partners is a boutique law firm expert in food and feed affairs, established in 2021 by Katia Merten-Lentz, who leads a team of lawyers and scientists acting in synergy to better serve the customers.
We specialise in food innovation in particular, but our expertise covers the whole range of areas in the EU food and feed regulatory affairs, including food safety and litigation.
Whether in the field of novel foods, food enzymes, food additives or feed materials/additives, we can handle the preparation and submission of authorisation dossiers.
We are also involved in the process of developing new marketing concepts or products, by highlighting the opportunities and obstacles of the legislation.
We have created a network of food lawyers outside the EU, and can therefore offer our customers the opportunity to meet their needs outside the EU.
Food and feed law
Food Law Science & Partners advises customers on all matters relating to the EU food and feed law:
- Assessment of the regulatory status of foods and food ingredients
- Advice on positioning of foods and food ingredients
- Production and traceability
- Marketing concepts and labelling
- Food fortification
- Food supplements
- Food hygiene, food contaminants
- Pesticide residue levels
- Food and feed exports and imports
Risk assessment & management
We help our clients understand every aspect of food safety and how it relates to their business, as well as respond and fulfil their obligations.
Our in-house scientific and legal know-hows enable us to carry out upstream risk assessments, or assessments in the event of an incident or request from the authorities. We can also advise you on risk management, whether for your own products or for imported ingredients.
Incident & crisis management
From both an operational and reputational perspective, food safety is often our clients’ most pressing concern.
If you are faced with an incident or crisis, Food Law Science & Partners is able to move quickly to provide legal advice that protects your interests, ensures you are responding in the correct manner from a legal and scientific perspective and helps limit any potential damage.
We can help you set up an effective crisis management team, and we can advise, within a short timeframe, on how respond to questions from the national authorities or to a challenge in the context of a RASFF notification.
Our team is indeed regularly dealing with recalls or other disputes or legal actions.
Food contact material
We help clients evaluate the regulatory compliance and status of food contact materials, such as edible coatings, water purification technologies, or active material release, in accordance with:
- The EU Food Contact Material Regulation
- The EU Regulation on Active and Intelligent Materials
- The EU Additives Regulation
- The EU Biocides Regulation
Additionally, we support clients in obtaining EU-wide approvals for their products through the mutual recognition process.
Green transition
We support clients in navigating the regulatory landscape for the green transition, focusing on existing regulations on waste and circular economy, and anticipating upcoming frameworks such as the EU rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging, or the Green Claim Directive.
We also assist clients in bringing new products to the market by assessing re-using or upcycling opportunities from side streams (e.g., fruit pulp, byproducts or used water), and ensuring the compliance of these new products with the relevant regulatory framework.
Agrochemicals
Our dedicated team offers tailored solutions to clients, guiding them through the landscape of biostimulants and other fertilisers.
We help clients navigate the complex approval process and ensuring seamless integration of their product into the market.
We also assist them on issues related to plant protection products such as legal limits for pesticide residues in food and feed as well as their approval for use in the European market.
Science
Our scientific team provides clients with the technical and scientific assessment and input required for regulatory compliance matters required in all areas of food and law. Our food lawyers and our scientist work in synergy to provide accurate responses to our clients’ needs in the very technical areas or food and feed regulatory affairs.
We use this technical and scientific expertise to:
- Prepare and submit authorization dossiers, e.g., on novel foods, food enzymes, food additives, feed materials and additives. This can also include the literature search and the monitoring of toxicological studies.
- Assess the nutritional values and other properties of your products, notably in the context of assessing their regulatory status.
- Evaluate incidents and crises, perform risk assessments and provide advises in this context
- Analyze your food and feed relation to labelling and marketing claims
- Drafting technical reports for various uses
- Compiling and presenting data and scientific findings in litigation and arbitration
- Providing analytic data and reports for lobbying and advocacy
Industries Served
Food & Feed
Food Law Science & Partners’ practise extends to all areas of food and feed law. We advise and support our clients with cases pertaining to food and feed production, supply chains, traceability, marketing, labelling, safety, regulations, new entries into the market, etc.
Cosmetics
The legal and regulatory framework for cosmetics is complex. Food Law Science & Partners can support clients with legal counsel relating to cosmetics law. From safety to marketing, notifications, use of nano-materials, claims, ingredients and labelling, the team can support you in all areas.
Environment
Food Law Science & Partners’ expertise encompasses elements of environmental law. The team regularly works with clients in cases and matters that are related to the environment, waste, recycling, sustainability and so on.
