Russell McVeagh

New Zealand's premier law firm

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Food and Beverage

We act for a number of New Zealand's largest manufacturers and retailers of food and beverage products. We advise on all aspects of a product's "life span", including branding, advertising, fair trading laws, consumer guarantee laws and all medical issues.

Once the product is in the marketplace, promotions and competitions are reviewed for the same legal issues as well as for compliance with New Zealand's gambling laws. All issues surrounding the advertising and sale of food on the Internet are also advised on and monitored by our team, including web specific issues such as domain names. For our clients in the liquor industry we advise on liquor licensing and compliance with the Sale of Liquor Act from a marketing and promotional perspective.

Should any standards or safety issues arise we provide product compliance advice including filing unsafe goods notices under the Fair Trading Act, as well as advising on the legal requirements for instigating and carrying out a product recall including the procedure to notify the relevant government bodies. We also advise on potential liability arising out of product safety and recalls and provide legal clearance for the New Zealand arm of international recalls.

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