Hazelwood Grocery Ltd v Lion Foods Ltd [2007] EWHC 1887 – Colours in Food Regulations 1995 - article 14 GFLR - ss 14(2) and (3) SGA 1979.
1) Food Standards Agency’s decision to recall food not unreasonable as to be challengeable by judicial review when considered in context of prevailing knowledge.
- Agency had to take into account interests other than those of food industry.
2) contamination will not necessarily render food unfit for human consumption so as to breach article 14 GFLR.
3) words “foreign and extraneous matter” not a term of art but ordinary English words.
- matter was foreign or extraneous when not present naturally and not supposed to be there. 4) description “free from” means what it says - absolutely “free from”.
5) contaminated chilli powder not reasonably fit for its purpose when products manufactured from it liable to be posted on the Agency website and subject to recall.
6) contaminated chilli powder not of satisfactory quality when, at time of sale, products manufactured from it liable to be posted on Agency website and subject to recall.
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