FoodLegal Bulletin, April, 2006
- Date Published | 12 April 2006
- Aussie Citrus Growers to face Chinese Checkers
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- This article explains the regulatory background issues concerning the proposed new arrangements for Australian citrus exports to China. The article explains why the proposed arrangements may not work to improve market efficiencies despite being touted as a boon for Australian citrus growers. The article also discusses other legal and marketing implications.
- Self-serving Food Safety Gaps
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- In Australia, there are numerous restaurants, takeaway chains and hotel establishments that allow self-service breakfast bars, salad bars, smorgasbord or other similar food service formats. Yet enforcement of food safety procedures, such as requiring that staff wear rubber gloves and wash their hands, are being rendered ineffective when the law is not being followed up in relation to customer self service food handling.
- Crunch-time Approaches on New Zealand Apples
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- On April 7 2006, Biosecurity Australia announced the closure of submission time on its Draft Import Risk Analysis on Apples from New Zealand. This article highlights the regulatory issues and the next steps in the regulatory process.
- The Ups and Downs of Glycemic Law
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- A research study published in the British Journal of Nutrition has found that the Glycaemic Index (GI) and Glycaemic Load (GL) may not be reliable ways of classifying carbohydrates. This FoodLegal article examines whether the proposed Health and Nutrition Claims Food Standard needs to be reviewed again in light of fresh scientific study.
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