Tuesday, 26 August 2025
*Original Content was created in November 2024
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
Endorsed by Food Innovation Australia Ltd (FIAL)
Endorsed by Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
Endorsed by Australian Institute of Packaging
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Food-Medicine (or even Cosmetics!) Interface: The First Question that Should be Asked in the NPD Process
Determining which regulatory pathway is best for a product needs to be done as soon as possible, as it impacts product pre-approvals, manufacturing, recipe, and marketing. Through case studies, we will explore:
- Whether effervescent tablets are an inherently ‘therapeutic’ form
- How Poisons Standard and ACNF listing can create risks for innovative healthy products
- When adaptogens and nootropics are clearly permitted in food products
- When hemp extracts can go in food
- How your marketing claims can re-classify your products
Presented by Charles Fisher, Principal Solicitor, KHQ Lawyers
Chair
Fiona Fleming, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST)
Learning Objectives:
- Identify how early classification impacts the product development and compliance journey
- Understand regulatory challenges when products sit at the interface of food, medicine, and cosmetics
Presenters
Charles Fisher, Principal Solicitor, KHQ LawyersCharles specialises in Australian food standards and regulations. Charles provides food regulatory and compliance advice to leading Australian and international food and beverage companies including food regulatory issues and product risk assessment and advice in relation to new product development projects and product marketing campaigns. In addition to his consulting work. Charles is a key a presenter of FoodLegal training programs and seminars. Charles holds a Bachelor of Law & Legal Practice as well as an Arts degree majoring in Spanish and Drama from Flinders University, and a post-graduate diploma in Film & Television from the University of Melbourne.
Fiona Fleming, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST)
Fiona is a Director of FJ Fleming Food Consulting Pty Ltd and CEO of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST). She is an experienced Corporate and Regulatory Affairs professional who has been involved in leading and facilitating change and developing management strategies across a portfolio of food policy and regulation matters in global FMCG and NGO environments. Fiona is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology. Fiona is currently serving as a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair of Healthy Kids. Fiona is a member of Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia, an Associate Member of the Allergen Bureau, and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Fiona holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Food Technology) from the University of Queensland and a Masters of Nutrition Management from the University of Wollongong.
