Foreword (April 2025)
By John Thisgaard, Jenny Awad (FoodLegal Bulletin Co-Editors) and Joe Lederman (FoodLegal Chairperson and Co-Editor)
Welcome to the April 2025 edition of FoodLegal
Bulletin!
1. Connect
with FoodLegal
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2. FoodLegal
events
A. Food
Labelling 101 – Wednesday 30 April 2025 Our
popular Food Labelling 101 course is back! We will dive beyond how to
navigate the Food standards Code and give you the tools to ensure your food
product is compliant for import or sale in Australia and New Zealand. Tickets are available here. B. Navigating
Australia’s new food import requirements in BICON – Monday 12 May 2025 FoodLegal
together with Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is
running a live interactive webinar on updates to Australia’s Biosecurity
Import Condition (BICON) system and what this means for businesses
importing food to Australia. Tickets are available here. C. Food
Marketing Claims – Tuesday 27 May 2025 Do
you know how to assess the risk of your marketing claims, or what
substantiation evidence you might need? Our online interactive FoodLegal
workshop will empower you to assess the regulatory risk of the latest
emerging and trending claims. Tickets are available here. |
3. In
this April 2025 edition of FoodLegal Bulletin
Our FREE article “Current developments in food law and policy in Australia and internationally” provides the latest regulatory
developments and updates. There have been many news developments over the past
month and it is vital to read these updates. FoodLegal can advise businesses on
the impact of specific updates to their particular situation.
“Update on caffeine in sports foods under FSANZ Proposal P1056” addresses proposed changes to the permissions
for isolated caffeine in sports foods, and the significant implications and
opportunities this would present for industry. FoodLegal can assist businesses
in making a submission.
“Impacts of new AANA Environmental Claims Code” explores
the important changes and how this impacts product marketing, especially for
products making claims about sustainability or the environment.
“Specifying number of units on pack, and other exemptions to Australia’s trade measurement requirements” looks at various exemptions to font-of-pack
measurement marking requirements and where they might apply to different food businesses.
We hope you
enjoy this April 2025 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 Apr 2025. We recommend you seek legal advice for your specific circumstances before making any commercial decisions.