FoodLegal
Experts in Food Law
FoodLegal can alleviate areas of stress for our clients, help manage pain-points, relieve bottlenecks in supply chains, manage risks, and streamline processes to get more products more quickly to customers.
Our consulting services, compliance risk mitigation support tools and training courses have been adapted to meet the changing market conditions and provide flexibility in meeting increased product demand.
Australia's premier periodical in food law and policy issues. It focuses specifically on analysis and commentary for regulatory compliance and the legal issues affecting food and food industry participants
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A summary of regulatory developments for the month of May 2026.
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The Australian Federal Government has doubled the maximum penalty for breaching provisions of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), in a bid to significantly deter businesses from contravening conduct. This article examines how penalties for breach work, and what increased maximum penalties could mean for your business. FoodLegal is running our Food Marketing Claims workshop on Thursday 28 May 2026, where we will cover ACL marketing compliance in much more detail. This article provides some background to understand potential areas of exposure. Get your tickets here.
New Zealand is conducting a restricted trial of digital food labelling to be used as an alternative to physical printed labels. This article addresses some of the limitations of the trial, as well as lessons for businesses to take advantage of digital systems and labelling.
Historically, a business wishing to use a new agricultural or industrial chemical in Australia and New Zealand has had to undergo a separate pre-market regulatory approval process in each country. However, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) and New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ MPI) have proposed a joint, streamlined pathway for agricultural and veterinary chemical product (“Agvet Chemical”) registrations. This article examines existing registration processes and the likely impacts for businesses if a joint registration pathway is finalised.
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FoodLegal specialises in food law consultancy, compliance risk management, certification of product compliance integrity for food and beverage products and other allied products
We advise Australia's largest food companies, international brands, as well as small-to-medium sized enterprises and startups.
Our team of lawyers and consultants represent food manufacturers, importers, distributors, brand marketers, retailers, industry associations and groups.
We also work with clients from allied fields such as complementary medicines, life sciences, agribusiness and farmer-producers.
FoodLegal recognised by Australasian Lawyer as the Top Boutique Firm for 2024 in FMCG Law
Give your team a mastery of food compliance and risk management. Streamline your development and compliance processes with our legal and scientific hands-on experience. Dynamic, easy-to-understand legal commentary. All the benefits of having FoodLegal lawyers in-house.
At FoodLegal we believe that education is crucial to keeping your competitive edge.
