Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Food Recalls
When a food company experiences a crisis― a foodborne disease outbreak, possible bioterrorism threat, product recall, food product tampering, government enforcement activity, or even a natural disaster―it needs a multidisciplinary approach to crisis management. Along with the disaster comes allegations and blame, and you can often be faced with calls for government action or congressional or agency scrutiny. You need quick assessments and careful responses, and you need damage control.
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When a food company experiences a crisis― a foodborne disease outbreak, possible bioterrorism threat, product recall, food product tampering, government enforcement activity, or even a natural disaster―it needs a multidisciplinary approach to crisis management. Along with the disaster comes allegations and blame, and you can often be faced with calls for government action or congressional or agency scrutiny. You need quick assessments and careful responses, and you need damage control.
Our lawyers help you prepare for and manage a crisis situation, foster the opportunity for measured response, and ensure that appropriate actions are taken by the government in the wake of the event. With our far-reaching experience and contacts, our lawyers provide not only legal and regulatory counsel in crises but also frequently serve as members of companies’ crisis management teams.
Our experience includes a comprehensive understanding of food production, processing, and distribution, complemented by an encyclopedic knowledge of the laws and regulations that apply to all aspects of food manufacture, distribution, and marketing; the ability to reach out to a network of federal and state regulators, technical experts, laboratories, and related experience through almost 30 years of involvement with the Association of Food and Drug Officials and its committees; and public relations management experience.
Our capabilities at a glance
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Hear from our clients and industry leaders
The whole team is super smart. They are all really easy to work with and then know our business inside out. They come to us proactively with issues and are incredibly responsive.
Chambers & Partners, UK Guide, 2025
An intellectually brilliant and commercially astute public law team. One of the very best in the city.
Chambers & Partners UK 2025
Hogan Lovells has a high capability in solving complex issues that involve both legal and technical perspectives.
Chambers & Partners, Germany, 2025
The lawyers are just experts. They are there when you need them and happy to entertain all my questions. They understand the wider context and the politics and sensitivities of it.
Chambers & Partners, UK 2025
Representative experience
Guided and limited the scope of recall initiatives undertaken by food and consumer products manufacturers regulated by the FDA, the Department of Agriculture, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Advised major international food manufacturers and distributors on training in-house employees on best practices of crisis management and recalls.
Represented large food manufacturer after a massive recall due to listeria monocytogenes, advising the company throughout the recall and the reopening of several facilities.
Represented a major food manufacturer that received product that had the potential to be contaminated with undeclared milk.
Worked closely with multiple companies after a recall to help them develop the programs and procedures to support the resumption of operations.
Awards and recognitions
Band 1 for Product Liability: Food
Chambers UK
2020
Band 1 for Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation Nationwide
Chambers USA
2020
Band 2 for Regulatory: Agro/Food
Chambers Europe
2020
Tier 1 for EU Regulatory (Belgium)
The Legal 500 EMEA
2020
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