In recent articles, we have commented on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Country of Origin (COO) labelling regulations as they relate to food packaging and more recently, the ACCC’s focus for 2020 on misleading or deceptive claims relating to food packaging. Our previous articles can be reviewed here and here.
When times become tough, stressful and trying, many people react with humour. As the world finds itself in the midst of a global medical virus, a different type of virus – a virtual virus – has taken off and continues to grow. COVID-19. A virus interchangeably referred to as Coronavirus. A virus which is familiar to almost all of humanity at the present time. And a virus which has become the subject of many social media memes, jokes and other humorous online content.
But what happens when it is your business or personality that becomes the subject of such a “virtual virus”?
During this time of crisis, pharmaceutical and consumer product companies along with retailers are doing their best to provide the public with products to prevent and treat COVID-19. At the same time, the FTC and FDA have announced that they