Food & Food Supplements

The food and food supplements industry operates in an increasingly complex regulatory environment covering product requirements, labelling, advertising, consumer protection and competition law. Forgó, Damjanovic & Partners has extensive experience supporting Hungarian and international manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers in navigating these requirements.

Our work ranges from advising on the regulatory and commercial aspects of individual products and marketing activities to assisting clients with distribution arrangements, e-commerce and market entry. We also advise clients on corporate transactions involving businesses active in the sector.

Our multidisciplinary team combines regulatory, competition and commercial expertise with strong corporate/M&A capabilities, enabling us to address both the day-to-day legal needs of food and food supplement businesses and their more complex strategic and transactional matters.

Services

We offer a full scale of services in the area of Food & Food Supplements, including:

providing regulatory advice on food and food supplements, including product requirements, labelling and packaging
advising on nutrition and health claims
advising on advertising and marketing, including influencer marketing, comparative advertising and loyalty programmes
advising on consumer protection and representing clients before the competent authorities
advising on product recalls and product liability issues
advising on e-commerce and online sales
drafting and negotiating distribution and other commercial agreements
advising on competition law issues affecting manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers
advising international companies on entering the Hungarian market
advising on corporate transactions in the sector, including M&A and legal due diligence

Contact

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Examples from our
track record

We advised the owners of a Hungarian food supplement manufacturer and distributor on the sale of 100% of the company.

We advised the purchaser on the acquisition of a Hungarian food distributor/wholesaler, including legal DD and transactional documents.

We advised a Hungarian food supplement manufacturer on labelling requirements, including nutrition and health claims.

We advised a Hungarian food supplement distributor on advertising and marketing matters, including influencer marketing, comparative advertising and loyalty programmes.

We represented an international food supplement distributor in a consumer protection proceeding before the competent Hungarian authority.

We advised an international food supplement distributor on the registration of a product with the Hungarian regulator.

Practice areas