Friday, 28 November 2025
Borderline Products: Current Developments at the Food–Therapeutic Goods Interface
- Examine how ingredients, packaging, labelling and advertising influence the regulatory classification of products at the food–therapeutic goods interface
- Focus on categories that commonly sit on the borderline, including medical foods, sports supplements, caffeinated beverages, and products making health claims
Presented by Dr Teresa Nicoletti, Partner, Mills Oakley; Ranked Lawyer (Band 1), Life Sciences; Recognized Lawyer, Life Sciences Practice, Biotechnology Law, The Best Lawyers in Australia; Recommended Lawyer, Intellectual Property, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Legal
Chair
Clare Nass, Senior Legal Counsel, Associated British Foods
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how product elements like ingredients, packaging, and health claims affect regulatory classification
- Identify compliance strategies for borderline categories such as supplements, health foods, and caffeinated products.
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
* 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
Presenters
Clare Nass, Senior Legal Counsel, Associated British FoodsClare is a Senior Legal Counsel with one of Australia’s biggest food and beverage companies, George Weston Foods which is a subsidiary of the UK listed company, Associated British Foods. The group includes well known brands such as Tip Top, Twinings, DON, Pataks, Ryvita, Yumi’s, among many others. Clare has been working in FMCG for the last 10 years and prior to that honed her legal skills working in house at a large advertising company. Her current role covers both commercial advice in Australia and New Zealand as well as supporting the groups business across the Asia Pacific region on matters relating to intellectual property and information technology.
Dr Teresa Nicoletti Partner, Mills Oakley
Dr Teresa Nicoletti is a Partner in Mills Oakley's Intellectual Property team, based in Sydney. Teresa is both a lawyer and scientist with more than 20 years' experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries in Australia and New Zealand. She has also worked across many other product-related industries, including foods, cosmetics, veterinary pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and industrial chemicals. Teresa is an experienced negotiator and regularly liaises with regulatory authorities and government administrators on behalf of her clients, including the Therapeutic Goods Administration, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch, the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority and state food and health authorities. Teresa is actively involved in industry, and is regularly invited to speak at industry conferences and deliver seminars and workshops.
