Foreword (October 2024)
By John Thisgaard, Jenny Awad (FoodLegal Bulletin
Co-Editors) and Joe Lederman (FoodLegal Chairperson and Co-Editor)
Welcome to the October 2024 edition of FoodLegal Bulletin!
1. Connect
with FoodLegal
Connect with FoodLegal on LinkedIn to ensure that you never miss an update!
2. FoodLegal events
A.
Health
marketing & how it impacts your food label – Thursday 7 November 2024
We will take a close look at
Nutrition Information Panels as well as how the nutritional profile of a
product will impact its ability to make health claims and nutrition content
claims.
We will help you answer questions such as:
- What information must be included in a Nutrition Information Panel?
- Is my product eligible to make a health claim?
- Does my health claim require self-substantiation?
- What are the requirements if making a nutrition content claim?
- How serve
sizes and product weight can impact your ability to make claims?
Tickets are available here.
B. Product
sustainability claims: Data and compliance issues – Wednesday 16 October 2024
This FREE 1-hour webinar will equip all food
businesses with important knowledge for marketing and substantiating any
product’s environmental credentials.
Tickets are available here.
C. Trending
Claims – Wednesday 27 November 2024
Our online interactive FoodLegal 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 (on pack and on other advertising like social media) including:
- Sustainable
- Vegan friendly
- Plant-based
- Raw
- Superfood
- All Natural
- Healthy
- Made in Australia
Tickets are available here.
| View our training calendar and other upcoming events here! |
3. In
this October 2024 edition of FoodLegal Bulletin
In this FoodLegal Bulletin, our FREE article “Current developments in food law and policy in Australia and internationally”
updates the latest in regulatory developments and news.
In “Managing customer complaints post-sale and meeting legal obligations”, we address the different issues and decision-making factors that a
food business should consider when handling customer complaints, while avoiding
unintended regulatory and commercial consequences.
In “Species-based marketing of food products and the regulatory frameworks”, we identify the advantages of species-based
marketing, as well as different issues and options that food businesses can
explore.
In “Queries about Australian agricultural chemicals regulatory enforcement and industry impacts” we explore the complex regulatory system and the question of multiple
regulators and enforcement agencies, including funding limitations that impact
stakeholders throughout the supply chain.
We hope you
enjoy this October 2024 edition of FoodLegal Bulletin!
John
Thisgaard, Jenny
Awad and Joe Lederman
Editors
FoodLegal Bulletin
This is general information rather than legal advice and is current as of 7 Oct 2024. 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.