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Food And Product Recalls: The Legal Framework, Recent Cases And Improved Methods For Addressing Related Issues

In recent years, several food and product recalls have been announced in the media by suppliers, producers and the National Consumer Commission ("the NCC").

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Cigarette Packaging, A Marketing Tool Or A Regulatory Instrument?

Over the last several decades, there has been a strong global push towards regulating tobacco and tobacco products with the aim of reducing tobacco consumption.

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Adams & Adams

2025 Recap: Innovation, AI And Evolving Compliance In The Medical Device Landscape

Medical devices are a crucial component in the life sciences industry, with ongoing research and innovation in the medical device field driving new solutions to enhance accessibility and quality of healthcare.

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Safeguarding Older Persons In South Africa: Duties To Report The Need For Care And Protection

Older persons may become vulnerable for many reasons, including declining health, isolation, financial dependence, or unsafe living conditions. The Older Persons Act 13 of 2006 recognises these risks and sets out...

South Africa Healthcare

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Barnard Inc.

Interdict, Appeal, Review: Dissecting The Limits Of Interim Relief In HPCSA Matters

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Johannesburg High Court Exercises Discretion To Admit Affidavits That Are "Virtually Commissioned"

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Navigating Health Claims On Food Labels In South Africa

South Africa Healthcare

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The Latest Developments Relating To The Tobacco Products And Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill [B 33-2022]

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Veggie Burgers Are Back In The Game!

South Africa Healthcare

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South Africa Launches National Action Plan Against Fake Medicines

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Liquor Amendment Bill Introduced: Proposed Total Ban On The Advertisement And Promotion Of Liquor

South Africa Healthcare

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Webber Wentzel

Gauteng High Court Orders Immediate Cancer Treatment Amid Deadly Backlog

South Africa Healthcare

Beach Weather | Legal Marketing

Veggie Burgers Are Back On The Menu!

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

African Development Bank Announces Health Infrastructure, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Investment Intentions In Sustainable Initiatives (Video)

South Africa Commercial

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SNG Grant Thornton

A Snapshot Of The National Minimum Wage For 2026

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Fasken

Data Privacy Day – An African Perspective: Turning Responsibility Into Competitive Advantage

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Compensation For Occupational Injuries And Diseases Amendment Act, 10 Of 2022

South Africa Employment

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Africa Tax In Brief

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Food and Drugs Law

Food And Product Recalls: The Legal Framework, Recent Cases And Improved Methods For Addressing Related Issues

In recent years, several food and product recalls have been announced in the media by suppliers, producers and the National Consumer Commission ("the NCC").

South Africa Healthcare

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Patents, Innovation & Where The Law Draws The Line

Patents often get blamed when medicine prices make headlines - but without patents, many of the treatments we rely on simply wouldn't exist. A recent lawsuit involving Novo Nordisk and its diabetes drug Victoza...

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South Africa Implements The 13th Edition Of The Nice Classification

South Africa has officially adopted the 13th Edition of the Nice Classification (NCL 13-26) with effect from 1 January 2026, following its implementation by the World Intellectual Property Office on the same date.

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Cigarette Packaging, A Marketing Tool Or A Regulatory Instrument?

Worldwide Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Turning Food Waste Into Opportunity: How South Africa's Food Loss Strategy Compares To The EU

South Africa Environment

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ENSign: A Fresh Lens On Food Waste (Video)

South Africa Environment

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Interdict, Appeal, Review: Dissecting The Limits Of Interim Relief In HPCSA Matters

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Navigating Health Claims On Food Labels In South Africa

South Africa Healthcare

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Johannesburg High Court Exercises Discretion To Admit Affidavits That Are "Virtually Commissioned"

South Africa Healthcare

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Life Sciences, Biotechnology & Nanotechnology

2025 Recap: Innovation, AI And Evolving Compliance In The Medical Device Landscape

Medical devices are a crucial component in the life sciences industry, with ongoing research and innovation in the medical device field driving new solutions to enhance accessibility and quality of healthcare.

South Africa Healthcare

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ENS

Interdict, Appeal, Review: Dissecting The Limits Of Interim Relief In HPCSA Matters

On 4 November 2025, the Pretoria High Court delivered an important judgment on the nature and limits of the statutory framework governing the internal processes of the HPCSA.

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Have You Tried Using A Contingent Value Right?

A contingent value right (CVR) is a type of instrument or arrangement that creates an obligation on a purchaser to pay a seller additional consideration on the occurrence of a pre-agreed future event – the instrument can be structured as tradeable or non-tradeable.

South Africa Commercial

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Webber Wentzel

Human Biological Specimens And POPIA

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Andersen in South Africa

Enhancing Integration Of Intellectual Property Rights And Broadening Pharmaceutical Research

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Valuable Insights On Product Liability And Product Recalls (Podcast)

South Africa Consumer

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Fasken

Sustainable Innovation In African Life Sciences And Medicine (Video)

South Africa Healthcare

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Impact Of Loadshedding On Medical Negligence Cases

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Retrenching Employees Who Refuse Vaccination On The Basis Of Operational Requirements, And Other Options For Employers

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Healthcare

Food And Product Recalls: The Legal Framework, Recent Cases And Improved Methods For Addressing Related Issues

In recent years, several food and product recalls have been announced in the media by suppliers, producers and the National Consumer Commission ("the NCC").

South Africa Healthcare

E

ENS

Cigarette Packaging, A Marketing Tool Or A Regulatory Instrument?

Over the last several decades, there has been a strong global push towards regulating tobacco and tobacco products with the aim of reducing tobacco consumption.

Worldwide Healthcare

AA

Adams & Adams

2025 Recap: Innovation, AI And Evolving Compliance In The Medical Device Landscape

Medical devices are a crucial component in the life sciences industry, with ongoing research and innovation in the medical device field driving new solutions to enhance accessibility and quality of healthcare.

South Africa Healthcare

E

ENS

Safeguarding Older Persons In South Africa: Duties To Report The Need For Care And Protection

South Africa Healthcare

BI

Barnard Inc.

Turning Food Waste Into Opportunity: How South Africa's Food Loss Strategy Compares To The EU

South Africa Environment

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ENS

Sufficient Knowledge, Not Suspicion: Clarifying Prescription In Medical Malpractice Cases

South Africa Litigation

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Adams & Adams

Interdict, Appeal, Review: Dissecting The Limits Of Interim Relief In HPCSA Matters

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Navigating Health Claims On Food Labels In South Africa

South Africa Healthcare

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ENS

The Latest Developments Relating To The Tobacco Products And Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill [B 33-2022]

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

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Latest Videos

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Sustainable Innovation In African Life Sciences And Medicine (Video)

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The 2021 Beverage Sector Report EP3: Spend Patterns In Ghana's Beverage Market (Video)

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The 2021 Beverage Sector Report EP2: Consumption Patterns In Ghana's Beverage Market (Video)

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Podcast | The Money Show | The Beer Industry Appeals For Excise Relief On Low-Alcohol Products

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How To Register Food Products In Ghana

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