Foreword (February 2020)
Foreword
By Joe Lederman
(FoodLegal Chairperson), John Thisgaard and Jenny Awad (FoodLegal Bulletin
Co-Editors)
Welcome to the February 2020 edition of
FoodLegal Bulletin!
Upcoming events
1.
FoodLegal Co-Principal Charles Fisher
is looking forward to presenting alongside Dr Richard Cantrill at the Food
Authenticity and Commercialisation Breakfast Seminar.
The seminar is at 7:30am on Tuesday 11
February 2020 at the Sydney International Convention Centre. More details are
available here.
2. The first Sydney session of FoodLegal’s Trending Claims workshop has sold out. Some tickets remain for the second Sydney session and the Melbourne session.
Sydney (5 March 2020) SOLD OUT
Melbourne (9am 24 March 2020) SOLD OUT
Book here for Melbourne
(1:30pm on 24 March 2020).
In this February 2020 edition of FoodLegal Bulletin
Our FREE
article “Current developments
in food law and policy in Australia and elsewhere” provides this
month’s update on new regulatory developments and scientific developments that
impact food producers and suppliers, beginning with Australia, but also
internationally.
Food Standards
Australia New Zealand has released its Proposal P1044 to introduce “plain
English” labelling requirements into the Food Standards Code. Our article “Will the introduction
of plain English allergen labelling create consistency for industry?” examines
the major proposed changes, and asks whether they will fix the biggest issues
facing allergen labelling in Australia.
Our article “The regulatory framework for konjac in Australia?” explores the existing regulation of konjac in
Australia and Europe, as well as key questions which need to be considered when
assessing whether konjac can be compliantly added to food sold in Australia.
Our article “Discrepancies between
food product classification under the Food Standards Code and GST regimes”
considers how food products might be categorised under the Food Standards Code
and Australia’s Goods and Services Tax regime, and provides examples of where
the different regimes might provide contrasting classifications.
In the United
States, claims emphasising a low sugar content, such as ‘lightly sweetened’,
‘slightly sweet’ and ‘just a tad sweet’, have come under the regulatory
spotlight. Our article “Regulatory implications of new claims about sugar” explores how such claims might be
regulated in Australia, including the issues to consider when making claims about
sugar.
New Zealand has
released draft regulations imposing country of origin labelling requirements on
foods sold in New Zealand. Our article “The 2019 draft NZ
country of origin regulations, and their potential impact” explores
these draft regulations and the potential impact for food imported into
Australia from New Zealand.
We hope you
enjoy this February 2020 “bumper edition” of FoodLegal Bulletin!
Joe Lederman,
John Thisgaard and Jenny Awad
Editors
FoodLegal
Bulletin
This is general information rather than legal advice and is current as of 30 Oct 2021. We therefore recommend you seek legal advice for your particular circumstances if you want to rely on advice or information to be a basis for any commercial decision-making by you or your business.