FoodLegal
Experts in Food Law
FoodLegal can alleviate areas of stress for our clients, help manage pain-points, relieve bottlenecks in supply chains, manage risks, and streamline processes to get more products more quickly to customers.
Our consulting services, compliance risk mitigation support tools and training courses have been adapted to meet the changing market conditions and provide flexibility in meeting increased product demand.
Australia's premier periodical in food law and policy issues. It focuses specifically on analysis and commentary for regulatory compliance and the legal issues affecting food and food industry participants
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A summary of regulatory updates for the month of June 2026.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is seeking submissions on Proposal P1067 to mandate use of the Health Star Rating (HSR) system on foods for sale in Australia and New Zealand, following insufficient uptake of the previous voluntary system. This article explores whether the proposed changes will achieve the purpose that FSANZ has set out, focusing on anomalies in information presented at point of sale and at the point of consumption.
Water is a common input during the production of food products, and its use may be subject to several different yet overlapping legal and regulatory frameworks with differing requirements. This article provides an overview of the various regulatory requirements and considerations that apply to the use of water in food manufacturing.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is currently accepting submissions in relation to Proposal P1066 regarding toddler milks (also known as young child formulas). The deadline for submissions is 7 July 2026. This article explores the proposed changes in further detail and how they could impact the toddler milk suppliers, including the significant restrictions which FSANZ proposes to introduce on marketing of toddler milks.
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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.
FoodLegal recognised by Australasian Lawyer as the Top Boutique Firm for 2024 in FMCG Law
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.
At FoodLegal we believe that education is crucial to keeping your competitive edge.
