Joe Lederman is Managing Principal of FoodLegal and heads up our FoodLegal team of lawyers and consultants. Aside from representing clients in various food sectors, Joe also has clients in the life sciences and therapeutics fields. He has also undertaken special assignments for several government agencies.
The FoodLegal team handles Australian food regulatory compliance and risk assessment for entry and ongoing legal compliance for products and marketing campaigns in accordance with the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, the Australian Consumer Law, Import Controls and Export Controls, and defending or advising across a range of other food legal regulatory issues at Australian Federal and State jurisdictional levels.
Joe Lederman has been (2006 – 2009) an Adjunct Professor of Food Law at Deakin University specializing in Food and Nutrition Law.
After graduating in law from the University of Melbourne in 1977, Joe Lederman’s work for many years centered on commercial and revenue law. He was recognised and accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria as an Accredited Specialist in Business Law and as an Accredited Specialist in Taxation Law. In 1986, he founded the Australian law firm Baldwins. With this background in advising on revenue law and commercial law for food companies, Joe established the original Australian food law websites “Australian Food News” and “Food Law and Policy Australia” (Australian Food News is now operated through an associated company as an independent commercial business news service for the food industry online).
Since 1998 and ongoing, Joe Lederman has been the principal author and contributing editor for the “Food Law” section of “Halsburys Laws of Australia”, published by law publishers Lexis-Nexis (formerly Butterworths) . This is Australia’s main encyclopedia of Australian laws. Joe has also edited CCH Australia’s “Food Safety Guide”. He has contributed research papers to academic journals and has written a chapter on Australian food laws in a text book on comparative international food laws published in Mandarin by Shantou University in China.
For many years, Joe Lederman has written papers and spoken at numerous industry seminars on a wide range of food industry topics.
In October 2010, Joe Lederman was a speaker for the Ausbiotech 2010 National Conference.
In September 2009, Joe Lederman addressed the Healthy Directions for Dairy conference organised by Dairy Australia and Dairy Innovations in Melbourne. In January 2009, he presented a research paper to the inaugural International Food Law and Policy Symposium of Deakin University on the legal implications for consumers of mandatory fortification food standards in the event of a change in the scientific consensus.
In May 2008, he spoke at the inaugural Australian Genetically Modified Crops Summit, providing legal analysis of the issues surrounding GM crop co-existence and segregation, and GM food marketing legal issues.
In March 2007, he made an online presentation to the foundation meeting in Cologne, Germany of a global food lawyers network. His presentation illustrated the then current position of the law of health claims and nutrition claims in Australia.
He has also been a regular keynote speaker at numerous FoodLegal Symposiums and training courses and also at various food regulatory or labelling law workshops around Australia.
Many people receive “FoodLegal Bulletin” which is edited by Joe Lederman and which is Australia’s premier food law publication (distributed on-line through Lawmedia Pty Ltd) in relation to topical food issues. One can subscribe to the FoodLegal Bulletin database here.
Joe Lederman
Founder and Executive Publisher of Australian Food News; M-Principal of FoodLegal (Lawyers & Compliance Risk Advisors)
- Melbourne Area, Australia
- Law Practice
Joe Lederman's Overview
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- Managing Principal at FoodLegal (Food Lawyers and Compliance Consultants)
- Managing Editor of FoodLegal Bulletin (subscription services); at FoodLegal
- Founder and Executive Publisher at Australian Food News
- Past
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- Adjunct Professor of Food Law at Deakin University Food and Nutrition Law, Geelong
- Contractor for Commonwealth Government at Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
- Education
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- University of Melbourne
- Connections
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Joe Lederman's Summary
Managing Principal at FoodLegal and Chief Editor of Australian Food News
Specialties
Food Regulatory Law
Consumer Law
Consumer Law
Joe Lederman's Experience
Managing Principal
FoodLegal (Food Lawyers and Compliance Consultants)
2004 – Present (9 years)
Australian food laws specialist with many years prior experience as a senior commercial lawyer, Joe has been (2006 - 2009) an Adjunct Professor of Food Law at Deakin University in Melbourne Australia. He advises numerous American and European and Australian food and beverages companies, and agricultural and life sciences/pharmaceutical groups, in the Australian New Zealand and and various Asian markets, and has extensive experience and involvement in international trade issues, and brand protection, and distribution or franchising arrangements and resolving product development regulatory compliance issues.
Managing Editor of FoodLegal Bulletin (subscription services);
FoodLegal
2003 – Present (10 years)
The FoodLegal Bulletin is Australia's premier periodical in food law and policy issues. It focuses specifically on analysis and commentary for regulatory compliance and the legal issues affecting food and food industry participants.
As Managing Editor I write and publish articles on Food Legal topics; Develop projects to provide business-to-business online services develop prototype tools to facilitate better regulatory compliance within the Food sector, and working to develop customer-focused content
As Managing Editor I write and publish articles on Food Legal topics; Develop projects to provide business-to-business online services develop prototype tools to facilitate better regulatory compliance within the Food sector, and working to develop customer-focused content
Founder and Executive Publisher
Australian Food News
2000 – Present (13 years)
Established the Australian food law website “Australian Food News” (Australian Food News is now operated through an associated company as an independent commercial business news service for the food industry online).
FOOD LAW Chapter Halsbury's author/Contributing Editor
Lexis Nexis
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; RUK; Information Technology and Services industry
1998 – Present (15 years)
Authorship and annotation of the “Food Safety and Food Law” section of “Halsbury's Laws of Australia”
Adjunct Professor of Food Law
Deakin University Food and Nutrition Law, Geelong
2006 – 2009 (3 years)
Contractor for Commonwealth Government
Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
2007 – 2007 (less than a year)
Research collaborative project involving academic literature search and report about food rationing systems, research on food supply including logistics digital and barcode and online systems), making recommendations to DAFF on options for developing equitable systems for food distribution arrangements in relation to Government planning for pandemic or other potential food crises.
