Foreword (March 2022)
By John Thisgaard, Jenny Awad (FoodLegal Bulletin
Co-Editors) and Joe Lederman (FoodLegal Chairperson and Co-Editor)
Welcome to the March 2022 edition of FoodLegal Bulletin!
1. Upcoming
FoodLegal events
FoodLegal is running the following workshops in March
2022:
Food Labelling
101
This full-day
workshop will dive into the nitty gritty of food labelling and how
to make your food labels compliant for any products being sold or imported into
Australia and New Zealand.
Tickets still
available for Thursday 24 March 2022 – Book
here
Health Marketing
of Food
This half-day
workshop is vital for anyone using health positioning to set their food
products apart in a time when consumers are crying out for healthy products...
while food regulators, the ACCC, and the TGA are all cracking down on such
marketing.
Tickets still
available for Thursday 31 March 2022 – Book
here
2. In
this March 2022 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.
Our second FREE article “National Measurement Institute Audit Priorities 2021-22 – What should you look out for if you are an Australian importer or a food retailer?” highlights issues that food
businesses should be aware of as the NMI carries out a trade measurement audit.
In “The Importance of Legal Distinctions between Solids, Liquids and Everything in Between”, we explore the importance of
legal distinctions between solids, liquids and every format in between in the
context of the various laws that apply to the sale of food in Australia.
In “Will businesses soon have to include added sugars in their NIP?”, we explore the important regulatory issues and practical implications and pitfalls that relate to the proposal to require that businesses include nutrition information for added sugars. This article identifies the practical difficulties of compliance in relation to some of the options being proposed.
In “Additional export requirements for meat processing”, FoodLegal Senior Lawyer
John Thisgaard identifies some of the extra regulatory requirements that a meat
exporter must comply with in production or processing, over and above State or Territory requirements.
In “Hot or spicy food ingredients: nutritional, scientific and regulatory aspects of thermogenic foods” FoodLegal
Scientist Dr Behannis Mena explores important technical, scientific, nutritional and other issues
relating to thermogenic ingredients.
We hope you
enjoy this March 2022 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 2 Mar 2022. 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.