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  • Sydney workshop: ‘Going Green: Eco-claims for Fast Moving Consumer Goods’

  • Start Date: February 13th, 2012

  • FoodLegal Workshop “Going Green: Eco-claims for Fast Moving Consumer Goods”

    This intensive workshop will cover:

    Marketing law compliance principles
    Criteria to Make Environmental Claims
    Product Stewardship Regulatory Impact
    Carbon Credits Regulatory Impacts
    ACCC Guidelines and Relevant Legal Principles

    Regulatory Issues for Marketers and Product DevelopersCost is $495.00 GST inclusive (but Early Bird Registration is at a discounted price of $465.00 inc GST for those who register online before 15 December 2011). For more information, click here.

    Time & date: 8:30am, 13 February, 2012
    Location: 15 Carrington Street, Sydney

  • Melbourne workshop: ‘Going Green: Eco-claims for Fast Moving Consumer Goods’

  • Start Date: February 20th, 2012

  • FoodLegal Workshop “Going Green: Eco-claims for Fast Moving Consumer Goods”

    This intensive workshop will cover:

    Marketing law compliance principles
    Criteria to Make Environmental Claims
    Product Stewardship Regulatory Impact
    Carbon Credits Regulatory Impacts
    ACCC Guidelines and Relevant Legal Principles

    Regulatory Issues for Marketers and Product DevelopersCost is $495.00 GST inclusive (but Early Bird Registration is at a discounted price of $465.00 inc GST for those who register online before 15 December 2011). For more information, click here.

    Time & date: 8:30am, 20 February, 2012
    Location: 470 Bourke Street, Melbourne

  • Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

  • Start Date: March 1st, 2012

  • Food and wine lovers in their hundreds and thousands each year indulge in more than 300 events that fill Melbourne’s labyrinthine network of restaurants, laneways, lights-turned-down basements and dizzying rooftops as well as spilling into spectacular regional Victoria.

    Date 2 – 21 March 2012

    Location: More than 200 venues across Victoria

    For the full festival program visit www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au

  • Tasting Australia festival

  • Start Date: April 26th, 2012

  • Since its inception in 1997, Tasting Australia has become a huge international success. The biennial festival is the perfect opportunity for food and drink professionals, the world’s food, drink and travel media, and the public to enjoy the best that the nation has to offer in produce, food products, wines and beers, and hospitality and tourism. Further information at www.tasting-australia.com.au.

    Date: 26 April 2012 – 3 May 2012
    Location: Events in Adelaide and South Australia

  • FoodService & Bakery Australia 2012

  • Start Date: May 27th, 2012

  • Foodservice Australia is your opportunity to discover new food, drink and equipment ideas for your business.
    This event is designed just for the foodservice and bakery sectors. Come along and meet hundreds of exhibitors, attend free workshops and mix with other industry professionals. It’s informative and it’s fun.

    Date: 27-29 May 2012.
    Location: Royal Hall of Industries & Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park, Sydney.

  • 45th annual Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology convention

  • Start Date: July 15th, 2012

  • The focus of this 2012 convention is on the challenges associated with maximising the potential of scientific, technological, societal, legal, regulatory and marketing developments and innovations, within topical aspects of food production such as:

    Technology and innovation – how do they direct future directions within the food industry; Prebiotics, Probiotics and Health – new science, new product development opportunities; Genetically modified foods – is the time right; can consumers embrace GM foods? Food safety – future evolution of management and regulatory protocols; Research – is there a food future without R&D?

    Date:  15 – 18 July 2012.
    Location: Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia.

  • International Congress of Dietetics

  • Start Date: September 5th, 2012

  • The Congress program will provide delegates with a variety of topics in diverse dietetic practice areas. Delegates will explore the theme – LEAP: Leadership, Evidence and Advancing Practice through an exciting program. Sessions will consist of lectures by high profile international speakers, interactive workshops, seminars and a wide range of submitted papers. More information at www.icd2012.com.

    Date: 5-8 September 2012
    Location: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

  • International Society for Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods 2011

  • Start Date: November 14th, 2012

  • Conference and exhibition focusing on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods. More information at www.isnff.org.

    Date: 14-17 November 2012
    Location:  Royton Sapporo Hotel, Sapooro, Japan