Pringles too much like potato crisps to escape VAT, appeal court rules – The Times
“The taxman took a multimillion-pound bite out of Pringles today after winning a VAT legal battle.”
The Times, 20th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Category: food
Urine spray man gets nine years – BBC News
“A chemist who contaminated food and wine in Gloucestershire supermarkets with his own urine and faeces has been sent to prison for nine years.”
BBC News, 14th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Sovio Wines Ltd) v Food Standards Agency and Another – Times Law Reports
Regina (Sovio Wines Ltd) v Food Standards Agency and Another
Queen’s Bench
“A grape product could be made subject to a movement control notice preventing its distribution if it had been labelled as wine but had been produced using an alcohol reduction technology that was not approved by the European Union.”
The Times, 9th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Food watchdog failed to prevent deadly E coli outbreak, says inquiry – The Guardian
“Hygiene watchdogs failed to deal with long-standing, repetitive failures at an abattoir behind the second-worst E coli outbreak in Britain, according to today’s report into the incident, which killed a five-year-old boy, put 31 people in hospital, struck 44 schools and involved 157 people.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wine firm’s high court bid fails – BBC News
“A Hampshire winemaker has failed in a High Court claim that the Food Standards Agency was ‘heavy-handed’ in banning its new low-alcohol ‘wine’.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Low-alcohol wine manufacturer fights ban – The Times
“The food standards watchdog was accused yesterday of a ‘heavy handed abuse of power’ in banning a new low-alcohol wine in the face of Government policy urging people to drink sensibly.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Marks & Spencer tastes victory in tax tussle over teacake – The Times
“A storm over a teacake is finally over after Marks & Spencer yesterday won a 13-year legal battle about whether its popular chocolate-covered treats should be deemed a cake or a biscuit.”
The Times, 5th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Reprieve for curvy cucumbers and crooked carrots as EU bends rules – The Times
“Knobbly fruit and amusingly shaped vegetables, the staple diet of local newspapers, caption competitions and That’s Life!, are set to return to the shops in a reprieve from strict European Union laws. The regulations covering the size and shape of 26 types of fruit and vegetable are expected to be abolished today by EU agriculture officials in a move that should make food cheaper and more fun.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Caterer prepared kebabs as corpse lay nearby – The Independent
“A catering company boss prepared kebabs just feet away from a dead man lying on a sofa, it was revealed today.”
The Independent, 14th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Procter and Gamble UK v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – Times Law Reports
Procter and Gamble UK v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
Chancery Division
“Regular Pringles were zero-rated for VAT because they were not potato products.”
The Times, 18th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21days from the date of publication.
Procter & Gamble UK v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily
Procter & Gamble UK v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2008] EWHC 1558 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 226
“The savoury snack, Regular Pringles, were not products ‘made from the potato, or from potato flour, or from potato starch’ so as to fall within excepted item 5 of Group 1 of Sch 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994.”
WLR Daily, 7th July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Fans of Pringles lick lips over court ruling – Reuters
“Fans of Pringles are savouring a court ruling that the snack is not a potato crisp.”
Reuters, 4th July 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
Food poison alert after fraudsters steal trader’s identity to place £2m orders – The Times
“A national food poisoning alert linked to meat and fish products has been issued after a fraud of least £2million, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 30th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MPs debate junk food advert ban – BBC News
“MPs are to debate a bill calling for a ban on advertising junk food and drinks to children.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wrong bottles cost winemaker £30,000 – The Times
“An award-winning winemaker whose wares are sold at the royal palaces is facing a £30,000 bill after European bureaucrats ruled that he was using the wrong-shaped bottles.”
The Times, 25th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Waitrose in row over meat-labelling – ‘mongrel meat’ labelled as rare native breed of pig – The Times
“Supermarket meat that is labelled as coming from a rare native breed is little more than ‘mongrel meat’, say breeders who have complained to trading standards officers.”
The Times, 24th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Wordsworth’s village bakers fight over their gingerbread – The Observer
“The tranquil village of Grasmere has long drawn visitors seeking out the serene Lakeland setting that inspired William Wordsworth. But the peace of this small community has been shattered as a battle rages over its most famous commodity, Grasmere Gingerbread.”
The Observer, 23rd March 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Mother’s anger at son’s E.coli death – Daily Telegraph
“The mother of a five-year-old boy who died during an E.coli outbreak has told an inquiry of the anger she felt towards the butcher who supplied the contaminated meat.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (The Infant and Dietetic Foods Association Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health – WLR Daily
Regina (The Infant and Dietetic Foods Association Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health; WLR (D) 68
“The reference to ‘products’ in art 18 of the Commission Directive 2006/141/EC on Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae was not limited to the compositional elements of the formulae but also covered packaging and labelling, with the result that the prohibition on trade in products which did not comply with the Directive was to have effect from 31 December 2009.”
WLR Daily, 3rd March 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Families hit by E coli outbreak may bring case against butcher – The Guardian
“Families of children who became ill during an outbreak of E coli that affected 150 people, mainly children, and claimed the life of one boy could take legal action against the butcher blamed for the crisis, a public inquiry heard yesterday.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
