Foreword (April 2020)
Foreword
By Joe Lederman
(FoodLegal Chairperson), John Thisgaard and Jenny Awad (FoodLegal Bulletin
Co-Editors)
Welcome to the April 2020 edition of
FoodLegal Bulletin!
A. Upcoming events:
FoodLegal Educators Academy announces the first three online events in its Essentials Series.
1. Streamlining the Compliance Pathway During the COVID-19 Crisis
Wednesday 29 April 2020 – 12pm-1:30pm AEST*
Join us for a 90 minute online interactive seminar addressing regulatory pathways as well as supplier / retailer product supply and marketing trends during COVID-19.
This seminar will discuss:
- Translating the latest in supply chain trends to your business
- What compliance areas have become less important or more important during the crisis?
- When should you slow a product down, despite the incredible pressure to get to shelves ASAP?
- Does your evolving supply chain create additional risk?
- What are the retailers looking for? Where should you have zero tolerance on failure?
- How have the regulators’ enforcement priorities changed?
- What are your plans to address changing priorities coming out of this crisis?
Co-presenters:
Charles Fisher – FoodLegal Principal Lawyer
Jackie Liberman – Foodlegal QA technologist team leader
Tuesday 12 May 2020 – 9am-1pm AEST*
4 hour highly interactive online workshop will walk you through all the elements you need to consider when developing your product label, from allergen statements to ingredients lists. It is vital for anyone who is starting their journey into food labels and regulation, as well as those who are seeking an update on their labelling knowledge.
Charles Fisher – FoodLegal Principal
& other key FoodLegal lawyers
Tuesday 12 May 2020 – 2pm-5:30pm AEST*
3.5 hour highly interactive online workshop will empower you to assess the regulatory risk of the latest emerging and trending claims. We will explore the latest Court precedents and regulatory enforcement actions that impact trending food product claims.
Charles Fisher – FoodLegal Principal
& other key FoodLegal lawyers
What our previous participants have said.
*Australian Eastern Standard Time
B. In this April 2020 edition of FoodLegal
Bulletin, you can read the following articles:
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.
Our second FREE
article “Exporting and importing food during the COVID-19 lockdown: What has changed?” provides clarity for Australian food exporters and importers by
breaking down the regulatory changes and initiatives that apply to food import
and export, as at 1 April 2020.
Our third FREE article "COVID-19: Regulatory changes and enforcement priorities for food businesses (as at 3 April 2020)" provides an overview of the regulatory changes and enforcement priorities which apply to food businesses supplying food in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, as at 3 April 2020.
Our fourth FREE article "Force majeure clauses in supply and other food business agreements: legal protections in the COVID-19 pandemic?" addresses the potential avenues for dealing with unexpected situations such as a pandemic event under a contract, including the use of a force majeure clause and other relevant legislation.
Our article “An analysis of the regulatory impacts in different steps of the APVMA regulatory framework for agricultural and food producers, importers and processors” examines the regulatory processes for importers or manufacturers undertaking to supply chemicals into Australia, and discusses a case example where the regulator stopped the supply of a chemical product within Australia.
In the article
“Tocopherols in food: functions, attributes and science”, FoodLegal
Scientist Rozita Vaskoska explains the various of tocopherols in foods in the
context of Australian regulation, and explores the associated physiological
effects, bioavailability and key health data.
We hope you
enjoy this April 2020 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.