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FocusPapers in the area of Marketing & Advertising.

Ribena - a Sure Recipe for Deception!

7 February 2008
Author: Jamie Nettleton, Partner
Practice area: Marketing & Advertising

Early last year, GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"), the manufacturer and supplier of Ribena, the popular blackcurrant fruit drink, was fined NZ$227,500 and ordered by the Auckland District Court to run a corrective advertising campaign.

Interface between TGA and Food Regulation

5 February 2008
Author: Jamie Nettleton
Practice area: Marketing & Advertising

The distinction between the regulation of therapeutic goods and food regulation has become increasingly blurred due to the prevalence of foods and drinks on the market that claim to have health benefits and nutritional qualities.