February 25, 2021
PEAL Labelling Requirements in Australia
On 25th February 2021, changes were introduced into Australian law via the ‘Plain English Allergen Labelling’ (PEAL) amends to ANZFSC.
On 25th February 2021, changes were introduced into Australian law via the ‘Plain English Allergen Labelling’ (PEAL) amends to ANZFSC.
PEAL outlines how the major allergens in Australia should be labelled on a packaged food product. In this short video, Dr. Janine Curll, Regulatory Manager at Ashbury, summarises the new legal requirements to assist food businesses in updating food and beverage labels and achieving food labelling compliance before the end of the PEAL transition period.
As an ex-food regulator with a PhD in Australia’s food regulatory compliance framework, a Bachelor of Laws, and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, Janine brings 20 years of experience providing exceptional regulatory, legal, and compliance advice across food product development in the FMCG sector. She specialises in identifying opportunities for competitive marketing with labelling and advertising claims and is a food fraud expert who has led domestic and international investigations, and pioneered research in this emerging field.
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