Business Law Compliance Report: Coca-Cola Amatil Interview Analysis

This report presents an analysis of Coca-Cola Amatil's compliance with Australian business laws, specifically focusing on the Australian Consumer Law enforced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and food safety regulations. The report is based on an interview with a Coca-Cola Amatil employee and addresses the company's range of operations, functions, products, and services. Key compliance areas include adherence to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), the Food Production (Safety) Act 2000, and the Food Act 2006. The interview explores the company's compliance programs, priorities, and the consequences of potential breaches. The report also touches upon the company's stance on the obesity crisis in Australia and its initiatives to reduce sugar content in beverages. Finally, the report includes suggestions for improving food safety compliance, such as using recyclable materials and providing employee training.

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In respect to the compliance report made in the Assessment 1 an interview had been
conducted with one of the employees of the company Coca-Cola Amatil about the same.
The person interviewed was shown the compliance report regarding the legal sphere of
the business in relation to its compliance with the Australian Consumer Law enforced by the
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
There were certain questions that were present in relation to the compliances that had
been communicated with the person who had been interviewed.
The questions asked were-
 Question- If the range of operations of the company that has been mentioned in the
compliance is correct. The range of operations are mentioned to be including bottling of
non-alcoholic drinks, alcoholic drinks, water, hot beverages and food.-
Answer- yes they are correct
 Question- Whether the company follows the compliances mentioned by the Australian
Consumer Law enforced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.-
Answer- yes they are correct
 Question- Whether the functions of the company mentioned in compliance report as
bottling different types of beverages, packaging different ready to eat products like fruits
and snacks and delivery of the bottled and packaged products are correct.-
Answer- the functions of the company mentioned in compliance report are correct
 Q- If the products and services list given in the compliance report is correct.-
Answer- the products and services list given in the compliance report is correct

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 Q-If the company complies with the standards of the food safety that have been outlined
by the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).
Answer- the company complies with the standards of the food safety
 Q- does the company comply with the Food Production (Safety) Act 2000 and the Food
Production (Safety) Regulation 2014 regarding the production of safe food and with the
Food Act 2006, the Food Regulation 2006 for the verification of safety and quality of the
products.
Answer- Yes, regular inspections are done by the authorities for maintaining food safety
 Q- As the company is a food and drink manufacturer whether they comply with the
measurement standards and rules that are mentioned in the Trade measurement section
found in the National Measurement Institute for compliance information.
Answer- Yes
 Q-Whether the company is aware of the specific codes for packaging and labeling and
standards under the Food Standards Code.
Answer- the company follows food labelling standards, country of origin labelling on
food, tamper-evident packaging code of practice, warning and advisory labeling on food
and environmental standards and labelling.
 Q- What are the priorities of the compliance requirements? If the company is aware of
the consequences of the breach of the compliances mentioned.
Answer- Ensuring food safety is critical and central to the company. The breach
of food and beverage safety would harm all the people who would be consuming them.

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The compliance with labelling would be important in some of the circumstances
as it would made the people aware of the information of the product but its breach is not
as harmful
Finally the compliance with measurement although important but not critical to
the company as it would not be harmful to either the company or any person.
 Q-If the compliance programs of the company mentioned are correct?
Answer- yes the compliance programs of the company mentioned are correct
 Q-While interpreting the compliance requirements almost no cases for the breaches of the
food safety or similar cases have been found by us. Why do you think that is?
Answer- It is because in Coca-Cola we are very serious about the quality of our products
and their impacts on the customers and as well as the environment. We always ensure
that all the information about the ingredients used or the nutritional value are used. We
further ensure that all the products are properly labeled.
 There was a report in 2011 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry where it was
revealed that the company failed to mention the NZFSA about a problem with the water
range ‘Pumped’, consuming which around 11 people got sick. Are there any
improvements made since the report?
Answer- As mentioned earlier we always take the safety of our customers seriously. The
case you mentioned was an unfortunate event and steps have been taken since then for the
production of safe food. All our products go through multiple safety tests. Further regular
internal and external audits are conducted.

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 Q- As we know that in the recent years Australia has been having an obesity crisis,
according to the experts the reason behind this is the contribution of the poor diets by the
fast food and beverage industries. What are your views on that?
A- Yes that is a growing problem in the country. For our part we have signed the Australian
Beverage Council’s voluntary industry pledge for the reduction of average sugar per 100 mls
by 20% by 2025.
 Q- I could not understand, could you please elaborate?
A- Absolutely. The company has been working on the production of reformulated and low
sugar beverages. Our current goal is to reduce the total sugar intensity by at least 10% within
the year 2020.
 Q- Do you think that by only audits and inspections the requirements of the Food Safety
Act would be ensured?
A- As I said earlier inspections are done in a regular basis and audits are done both
internally and externally for ensuring the product qualities. Each product also undergoes
various tests for confirming that they are safe to be consumed. Each product is made
following the World Health Guidelines and our company also has separate guidelines that
we ensure is followed. All this is done in an environment friendly way so that we affect the
environment as little as possible.
 Q- I have made some inputs about the potential solutions you can implement for the
compliance with the food safety, would you like to hear them?
A- Yes

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 Q- The first thing is using recyclable materials for the containers that are environment
friendly as well as safe from contamination, second is checking that the materials that
are supplied to you are coming from responsible sources and conducting regular training
session of the employees to make them aware of any new food safety regime.
A- Thank you for your input. Although the first two are followed by our company the third
point made by you is not yet practiced. I will keep the suggestion in mind.