Broadening Horizons: Exploring Global Food Law Developments and Cross-Border Considerations

May 1, 2024 11:00am

Lewis Retik
Partner
Gowling WLG

Guillermo Govela
Counsel – Head of Life Sciences & Healthcare Practice
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.

Benjamin L. England
CEO and Founder
FDAImports.com, LLC

As manufacturers of food and beverage products continuously look to expand their marketplace, this session will dive into the latest developments globally that will impact the production and packaging requirements to enter the Canadian, Mexican, and European food marketplace.

  • Analyzing the different complex food laws to watch out for
    • Examining the process of selling your product outside the U.S.
  • Outlining the challenges of tracing products and using international ingredients

Canada:

  • Discovering the differences in packaging and labelling of products in Canada
    • Front of Pack labeling
    • Packaging toxicity, recyclability, and composability
  • Understanding notable food ingredient safety regulations that manufacturers need to be mindful of
  • Discussing recent legislation and class actions on the horizon to keep an eye out for

Mexico:

  • Discovering the differences in packaging and labelling of products in Canada
    • Front of Pack labeling
    • Packaging toxicity, recyclability, and composability
  • Understanding notable food ingredient safety regulations that manufacturers need to be mindful of
  • Discussing recent legislation and class actions on the horizon to keep an eye out for

Europe:

  • Discovering the differences in packaging and labelling of products in Europe
    • Front of Pack labeling
    • Packaging toxicity, recyclability, and composability
  • Understanding notable food ingredient safety regulations that manufacturers need to be mindful of
  • Discussing recent legislation and class actions on the horizon to keep an eye out for