Foodlegal Bulletin Archive

Welcome to this June-July 2010 BUMPER ISSUE - our December/January issue is also a combined bumper issue.

To begin with, we have a FREE article which explores the Canberra penchant for buck-passing when it comes to looking into the pesticide Endosulfan. Our other bonus FREE article features an interesting dairy technology with potential to reduce hormones and antibiotics in dairy products.

Food recalls can have a dramatic effect on food companies, and FoodLegal analyses how the ACCC's review of the Australian product safety recall system may impact your business.

Subscribers are able to learn about the role of the ACCC and problems linking the ACCC to enforcement of the Food Standards Code. We also examine in this FoodLegal Bulletin issue whether our laws requiring food labels to declare fat content will evolve with new scientific knowledge on the different health effects of different fats, with different health effects even within the Saturated Fat sub-category.

We analyse the effectiveness and pitfalls in 'Country of Origin' labelling and examine some alternatives to the current 'safe harbour' and mandatory 'origin' labelling requirements in the Food Standards Code.

The growth of the organic food market has not escaped our attention, and FoodLegal looks at the legal scope for conventional food production systems to meet the organic standards and how the new standards to attain 'organic' status can still encompass numerous conventional agricultural and food processing practices.

This month's food law developments will assist our subscribers to keep a finger on the pulse of recent changes for the food industry.