Our team of lawyers is at your disposal if you need immediate legal assistance related to an inspection in a food company.
A food company, can be inspected by several different authorities - the most important of them are the bodies of the national tax administration, sanitary inspection bodies and the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection.
There can be hundreds of reasons for inspection activities. In the case of food, the most common reason for the inspection are issues relate to quality (ingredient deficiencies, damaged product batch) or advertising and labelling (incorrect health claims, poor product labelling).
Due to the predictable level of complexity, the help of an experienced lawyer is very often a prerequisite for maintaining the legal security of further activities.
It is worth remembering that mistakes made during inspection activities may in practice prevent or significantly hinder the establishment of facts favourable for the company at a later stage of the dispute with the administrative authority. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with our short guide on a company inspection.