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TGA shelves biosimilar and generic transparency measures
In late 2020, following almost 18 months of public and industry consultations conducted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
Australian Agriculture Minister, Barnaby Joyce, has introduced new orders designed to complete the Government’s changes to the Imported Food Control Regulations (Regulations) in respect of recognised foreign government certification.
In March 2015, the Government amended the Regulations to allow the Minister to make orders requiring certain ‘risk foods’ to be inspected and/or analysed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme. Risk foods are required to be inspected each time they cross the Australian border. The Imported Food Control Order (Order) was amended by the new Imported Food Control Amendment (Recognised Foreign Government Certificates and Other Measures) Order (Amending Order).
The Amending Order requires that raw milk cheese be covered by a recognised foreign government certificate. This was previously required only in respect of New Zealand originating cheese. There are a number of other products which were, and still are, required to be covered by recognised foreign government certificates. Recognised foreign government certificates are agreed upon at a national level by Australia, and are currently in force for 3 jurisdictions – Thailand (issued by the Department of Fisheries for certain fish, molluscs and crustaceans); France (issued by the Department of Agriculture for Roquefort cheese); and Canada (issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for certain fish and molluscs).
The Amending Order also removes from the operation of the Imported Food Scheme certain pig products that originate in New Zealand.
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In late 2020, following almost 18 months of public and industry consultations conducted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
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The Government of Ontario recently introduced the Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 (Bill 194) seeking to strengthen cybersecurity programs in the public sector and provide the groundwork for the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) among various public sector entities.
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On May 24 the Labour Party published an update to its proposals on employment law in “Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay: Delivering A New Deal for Working People” (the Plan). Our review of the proposals included in the Green Paper which was initially published in 2021 can be found here. Should they win the election, the Labour Party has stated that it will introduce an Employment Bill within the first 100 days of being in power which will cover many of these issues.
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