Food Legal
Legal Services in Melbourne

Founded in 1986 by managing principal Joe Lederman, the steady developed the FoodLegal division in the mid1990s as the leading food regulatory specialist offering services in food law, regulatory compliance, education and training. With its principal Australian offices located close the heart of the Melbourne Central Business District, FoodLegal advises organizations of all types and sizes from all around the world and throughout Australia. Its clientele includes some of Australia’s most healthy obvious food companies, health and nutrition groups, government agencies, industry bodies, manufacturers and start ups and many food importers and exporters.

FoodLegal provides expertise in food marketing labeling laws, product development, the Food Standards Code, the Australian Competition and Consumer Act, the Food Act and other regulatory advice relating to the food industry and allied fields. Our most popular training course, this seminar will suit everyone involved in product development, marketing, quality assurance, business development but also the senior management concerned with product compliance risks associated with making product claims. This course is concerned with the many challenges to marketing professionals and product developers busy in the food industry. How the fresh Health Claims Standard will apply to your products and marketing campaigns. You will gain a critical insight into the impact of current legal and regulatory developments affecting the food industry, food product marketing, food regulatory compliance and fresh food laws and policy. Or are you honest concerned with how the fresh Country of Origin labeling is going to impact your products and your business? Natural toxic ants and contaminants in foods: Irrespective of whether food is automatic or not Divulge More Info. Any food that can cause a physical harm to the consumer when consumed is considered perilous according to Standard 3.1.1 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. The fresh Country of Origin labeling system: Can I quiet say 'local and imported' ingredients? Although both of these cases did not involve food industry issues, the significance of each of these Court decisions is the relevance to the many industry Codes which operate in relation to food and agriculture. Opportunities for using bacteriophages in food production, food safety, food preservation and for medical and therapeutic purposes Disclose More Info. The results are considered when reviewing Fresh Zealand food standards, and will be made public through 2016. They are to be differentiated from health claims, which go further by claiming that a product has some effect on the human body. The importance of the food matrix in food composition and innovative marketing Divulge More Info. There is now a growing body of scientific research that recognizes the relationships between different components of food or between different foods when combined in a range of environments, whether in food processing or human digestion, in relation to concerns such as food safety, wholesomeness, or food functionality. Food industry businesses and marketers need to appreciate and comprehend the potential impact of the matrix of each food product they are manufacturing. This case highlights a potential hazard for food businesses when making comparative nutritive content claims and the need to address Australian Consumer Law claims as well as the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code issues. The laws of Arsenic in foods and the implications Disclose More Info. Top 10 considerations for imported food products Disclose More Info. Standard 1.2.7 of the Food Standards Code governs nutrition and health claims permitted for food and beverage product labels. These include businesses in the food and beverage sector. Government releases new country of origin proposals Show More Info. Food Standards Australia Fresh Zealand (FSANZ) is the government agency responsible for the development and wording of the Australia Fresh Zealand Food Standards Code which is a legislative instrument that imposes com positional, labeling and safety standards that apply to foods supplied to Australian and Fresh Zealand consumers. The 20 diverse meanings of sugar’ in the Food Standards Code Reveal More Info.