Friday, 28 November 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 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
Learning Objectives:
- Understand upcoming packaging design mandates and sustainability regulations
- Identify emerging legal and environmental issues in packaging, including PFAS and food waste reduction
Chair
Veronica Volfneuk, Legal & Regulatory Counsel, Vow
Proposed Major Changes in Packaging and Manufacturing and Soft Packaging Initiatives
- Proposed government packaging design mandates
- Soft plastic recycling program
- Chemical Concerns – actions on PFAS
- Packaging’s role in reducing food waste
- Latest innovations in sustainable packaging
Presented by Keith Chessell, AIP Education Team, Australasian Institute of Packaging (AIP)
Presenters
Keith Chessell, AIP Education Team, Australian Institute of PackagingKeith Chessell FAIP has over 46 years of experience within the Food, Beverage & Confectionery industry (Cottee’s, Schweppes, Pepsi, Cadbury, Kraft/Mondelez) with the innovation and development of new products and the relaunch of existing products and packaging. In recent years his focus has been on sustainable packaging design and assisting the AIP & WPO with Save Food initiatives and training support for Educational institutions. Judging packaging design awards has been a great interest over the past 12 years and he has combined this with his ‘Sustainable Packaging Design consultancy. Keith is on the DCCEEW National Packaging Design Standards working group, an AIP representative on the APCO Materials Stewardship Committees, Standards Australia, and was on the APCO Board. Keith is a Fellow and Life Member of the AIP, a Lifetime Achievement Award winner for the WPO, and is an invaluable member of the AIP Education Team.
Veronica Volfneuk, Legal & Regulatory Counsel, Vow
Veronica Volfneuk is Legal and Regulatory Counsel at Vow, Australia’s leading cell-cultured meat company. In her role, Veronica provides strategic legal and commercial advice across intellectual property, procurement, product development, and corporate law. She also supports the company’s work with food regulators globally, assisting with submissions and compliance processes. Most recently, she contributed to Vow’s historic milestone: securing approval from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to sell cultured meat in Australia, the first approval of its kind in the country. Before joining Vow, Veronica worked as in-house legal counsel in the charity sector and began her career at a large commercial law firm. Her experience across diverse industries has equipped her with a unique perspective on the intersection of law, innovation, and emerging technologies in the food sector.
