The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa welcomed the recent announcement that Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi signed legislation to make salt reduction in the food industry mandatory.
In light of the new legislation regulating the food and beverage industry, the need to ensure compliance has never been more important. Key legislation, including the new food labelling laws and the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), has meant that manufacturers and FMCG companies have to examine and adapt their strategies with regards to the branding and labelling of their products.
The Institute for International Research (IIR) is hosting a two day workshop, dedicated to tackling the impact of major changes to legislation governing food in South Africa. The need to ensure compliance has never been more important, but many companies are still struggling to understand the lengthy legalities, provisions, exclusions, ambiguities and challenges of complying with this legislation.
The workshop will be held on 12-13 July 2012 at The Wanderers Club, Illovo, Johannesburg. Jane Badham and Nigel Sunley from Consultants in Food Labelling (CFL) and Janusz Luterek from Hahn and Hahn Attorneys will unpack each piece of legislation step-by-step, highlighting how certain areas will affect you, your products and your business.
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Multivac Marking & Inspection has launched its own thermal transfer printer (TTO). Its operation is completely integrated in the Multivac HMI 2.0 user interface, meaning that a separate printer terminal isn’t therefore required. This means fewer cables, better hygiene properties and simple installation and operation.
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The WWF-SAfm DecisiveDebates series encourages debate on important environmental issues.
On the 25th of May, the topic will be:
South African consumers are increasingly required to make food choices based not just on price or quality but also on the environmental and/or social standards of a brand.
This begs the question: What role do these labels play in improving food production practices and is this the best way to ensure social and environmental good practice. Read more...
