Stay ahead of regulatory developments with horizon scanning
26 March 2025 | Lewis Wallis, Regulatory Affairs Advisor
With the landscape of global legislation evolving rapidly, food businesses face the challenge of staying informed and adapting to these continual changes to remain competitive and compliant.
Proactive compliance is important, which is why we help our clients with tailored horizon scanning solutions for the UK/EU, US, Australia, Canada, and other international markets.
What is horizon scanning?
Horizon scanning is a technique for identifying early signals of change before they arrive. By drawing on a wide range of resources including newsfeeds, government sites and technical literature, it helps empower organisations to not only anticipate but also respond to future trends.
With our horizon scanning presentation decks that deal with food legislation, businesses can anticipate upcoming regulatory changes, fully understand their impact on their product portfolio, and mitigate risks associated with non-compliance. Tailored insights also mean that you can focus on legislative changes that will impact your business, ensuring time and resources are spent efficiently.
Why does your business need horizon scanning?
The ability to pre-empt and read the signals about what might be coming next is crucial, even if it is not immediately clear. Consider the more extreme example of the FSA's work, which had to be executed at lightning speed following the Covid-19 outbreak, with its significant, immediate, and complex impact on food.
Subsequently, with horizon scanning tools, the earlier insight into what is coming next helps enhance your strategy, by strengthening your understanding of regulatory developments that directly impact your product portfolio. With our expertise, we can support you with regular monitoring of emerging legislation and provide regulatory updates tailored by frequency, market and scope according to your requirements. Our collaborative approach ensures you gain clarity on upcoming changes, address uncertainties through expert advice, and fully understand the implications for your business strategy.
Proactive planning starts with the right information at the right time.
Our Approach
We deliver slide decks summarising key developments, presented in a simple format for decision-makers. These comprehensively capture and communicate regulatory developments across a range of topics (e.g. Additives, HFSS, The Windsor Framework, UK/EU Deforestation). We ensure that the update is tailored to your needs and includes the topics that impact your business, providing clear signposting when amendments to legislation and guidance have been made.
We can present updates to key stakeholders within your business to keep your teams well-informed and prepared to respond to regulatory developments. We can also address follow-up questions, ensuring that any emerging regulatory changes with potential business impact are understood and effectively communicated. This collaborative effort can help you to stay ahead in a complex and fast-changing legislative environment, further enhancing your commitment to proactive compliance and regulatory strategy.
Benefits of horizon scanning
- Stay prepared: Gain clarity on upcoming regulations and understand how to adapt your business strategy accordingly
- Make informed decisions: Rely on expert insights to confidently navigate legislative changes
- Build internal capability: Equip your teams with the knowledge to respond proactively to evolving regulatory environments
If you want to keep on top of regulatory developments or establish a more proactive approach to regulatory compliance with our bespoke horizon scanning offering, contact regulatoryadvice@campdenbri.co.uk
Why Campden BRI?
At Campden BRI, we understand how significantly the structure of food and drink legislation can vary around the world. Whatever the legislative requirements of your target market, our experienced team of regulatory experts will ensure your products are compliant.
We also offer a valuable, extensive and authoritative information and advisory service to help clients stay compliant with food regulations in more than 80 countries. This includes support across key service areas ranging from global regulatory advice and food labelling compliance to UK and EU regulatory advice and specialist training.
Whatever your food legislative requirements, we have the support expertise to help you.
About Lewis Wallis
Lewis is a Regulatory and Nutrition Affairs Advisor in the Global Regulatory Affairs team at Campden BRI and has previous industry experience from working for a large multi-national company. He has contributed to and written material for a variety of outputs including research publications, technical reports, food law updates, blog articles, white papers, book chapters, eBooks and guidance documents. Lewis presents on Campden BRI courses and at a range of industry and academic events on the topics of High Fat Sugar Salt (HFSS) legislation, ultra-processed foods, and front-of-pack nutrition labelling.
He is a member of the IFST Food Regulatory Special Interest Group that work to host thought-provoking discussion workshops which feature experts presenting on the latest regulatory hot topics.
Alongside his current role, Lewis is a Postgraduate Researcher at University of Leeds and draws upon his regulatory expertise to conduct research at the intersection of food legislation and consumer behaviour, particularly focusing on measures designed to promote healthier and more sustainable food choices within digital food environments (e.g. online retail, meal delivery apps, social media). He has conducted research on the implementation of HFSS restrictions within online retail and his work involves the application of nutrient profiling models and processed food classification systems to products promoted and sold in digital settings.
How can we help you?
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