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A summary of food regulatory developments in Australia and internationally, for the month of March 2024.
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration is considering regulating green tea and its active component epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) as a poison in some usages. This article addresses the proposed regulation of green tea, its potential impact on food manufacturers and complementary medicines manufacturers, and the history of green tea regulation by the TGA. We also discuss the scenario where green tea is used as an alternative to isolated caffeine.
In December 2023, the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods (ACNF) expressed the opinion that seawater was a non-traditional and novel food. However, the ACNF also expressed the opinion that the novel status of seawater could be managed through a food safety plan that adequately ensures safety and public health. This article explores the process of novel food assessment procedures, how that was applied in this assessment, the application of seawater in food and the implications of food safety plans facilitating a novel food exception. FoodLegal has handled numerous ACNF submissions and scientific literature reviews.
The High Court of Australia recently released its judgment in Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd & Anor v Begovic [2023] HCA 43, which could have significant implications for the operation of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), which governs product marketing and claims. In this article, we analyse the decision and how it may impact what amounts to a misleading or deceptive claim in Australia. Although the case did not involve a food product, a similar legal principle could apply in the context of a conflict between a food supplier fully complying with a Federal-based standard versus an allegation of misleading or deceptive conduct under the ACL for having done so.
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FoodLegal specialises in food law consultancy, compliance risk management, certification of product compliance integrity for food and beverage products and other allied products
We advise Australia's largest food companies, international brands, as well as small-to-medium sized enterprises and startups.
Our team of lawyers and consultants represent food manufacturers, importers, distributors, brand marketers, retailers, industry associations and groups.
We also work with clients from allied fields such as complementary medicines, life sciences, agribusiness and farmer-producers.
Give your team a mastery of food compliance and risk management. Streamline your development and compliance processes with our legal and scientific hands-on experience. Dynamic, easy-to-understand legal commentary. All the benefits of having FoodLegal lawyers in-house.
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