Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017C00114
Timestamp: 2017-08-17 13:50:29
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Details: F2017C00114
- F2017C00114
Standards/Other as amended, taking into account amendments up to Country of Origin Food Labelling Amendment (Packed in Australia) Information Standard 2016
Country of Origin Food Labelling Amendment (Packed in Australia) Information Standard 2016 - F2016L01864
Country of Origin Food Labelling Amendment (Legibility) Information Standard 2017 - F2017L01009
F2017C00114
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made under section 134 of Schedule 2 of the
Compilation date: 6 December 2016
Includes amendments up to: F2016L01864
This is a compilation of the Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 6 December 2016 (the compilation date).
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6 Outline of this information standard............................................................. 1
7 Interpretation................................................................................................ 5
8 Meaning of grown, produced and made....................................................... 5
9 Meaning of non-priority food....................................................................... 6
10 References to the logo and appropriate bar chart..................................... 6
11 Meaning of proportion and average proportion of ingredients by weight... 7
12 Accounting for water when determining country of origin and proportion of Australian ingredients.................................................................................................... 8
13 Varying Australian content—methods for providing consumers with content information 8
Part 2—Country of origin labelling requirements 9
14 Application of this Part—retail sales and other sales for which labelling is required 9
Division 2—Labelling requirements 9
15 Packaged food, other than fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging 9
16 Fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging................................. 10
17 Unpackaged meat, fish, fruit and vegetables............................................ 10
Division 3—Labelling requirements for food grown, produced, made or packaged in Australia 11
18 Food grown, produced or made in Australia exclusively from Australian ingredients 11
19 Other food made in Australia................................................................... 12
20 Food grown, produced or made in Australia that is exported and re-imported 14
21 Varying Australian content—food made in Australia............................... 14
22 Food packaged in Australia that includes food not grown, produced or made in Australia 16
23 Varying Australian content—food packaged in Australia........................ 21
24 Non-priority food grown, produced or made in Australia........................ 22
25 Non-priority food packaged inAustralia................................................... 22
Division 4— Imported foods with Australian ingredients 23
26 Imported foods that have Australian ingredients...................................... 23
Part 3—Other sales where country of origin information must be provided 25
27 Sales for which labelling is not required but in relation to which information must be made available........................................................................................................... 25
Part 4—Legibility requirements, prohibitions and providing additional information 26
28 General legibility requirements................................................................ 26
30 Provision of additional material not prevented......................................... 26
31 Record-keeping........................................................................................ 27
32 Provision of information to the regulator................................................. 27
Part 5—Transitional provisions 28
1 Definitions—general.................................................................................. 29
2 Meaning of Medical Institution.................................................................. 31
3 Definitions—particular foods.................................................................... 32
A food can be described as grown or produced in a country only if virtually all of its content is from, and virtually all of the processing is undertaken in, that country. Any food that can be described as grown or produced in a country can also be described as made in that country. A food can be described as made in a country if it was last substantially transformed into the final food through one or more processes that occurred in that country.
· packaged food, other than fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging
If food grown, produced or made in Australia is exported and re-imported without substantial transformation, but with some processing overseas (for example, cleaning, shelling, packaging or re‑packaging), then the processing that occurred overseas will have to be declared in the standard mark from section 18 or 19, as appropriate.
If the food was not grown, produced, made or packaged in Australia, the labelling will be required to meet the requirements in sections 15, 16 or 17. Briefly, it must identify:
Unless the packaged food is non-priority (see section 9), the country of origin information must be in a clearly defined box.
(i) was materially increased in size or materially altered in substance in that country by natural development; or;
(iii) was harvested, extracted or otherwise derived rom an organism that has been materially increased in size, or materially altered in substance, in that country by natural development;
Example: Where a food could be described either as having been made in Australia from Australian ingredients, or as having been produced in Australia, the label could have, with the logo and the 100% bar chart, any of the following: ‘Made in Australia from Australian ingredients’; ‘Produced in Australia’; ‘Grown in Australia’; ‘Australian [kind of food]’; or ‘Made in Australia from 100% Australian ingredients’.
(b) confectionary;
(e) soft drinks and sports drinks
(b) if a compound ingredient of a food is itself made from ingredients from more than one country (sub-ingredients), the ingoing weight of that ingredient is attributed to the different countries, one of which is Australia, in accordance with the proportion by weight of the sub ingredients in that compound ingredient.
(3) Water otherwise added as an ingredient to a food is taken to have the country of origin in which it was collected or harvested
(e) food for special medical purposes.
Examples: ‘Made in Australia from at least 60% Australian ingredients with prawns and peanuts from Thailand’
‘Made in Australia from at least 60% Australian ingredients with prawns from Thailand, pineapples from Vietnam and peanuts from Malaysia’
‘Made in Australia from at least 60% Australian ingredients with Australian beef’
Note: Section 18 or 19 will apply only if the food was grown, produced or made in Australia, so that it cannot have undergone a substantial transformation when abroad, nor can it have been combined with non-Australian ingredients outside Australia. However, it may have undergone some processing (for example, cleaning, shelling, packaging, re-packaging) and it may have been combined with other Australian ingredients.
(b) is not food to which section 18 or 19 applies.
(a) the food in the package was made in a single country other than Australia; and
(b) the ingredients of the food are exclusively of Australian origin,
(c) a statement that the food was made in that country, in a clearly defined box; or
(e) ‘C’ is the name of the relevant country; and
(f) ‘Packed’ may be replaced by ‘Packaged’.
Example: Australian fruit is exported to Singapore and converted into juice before being shipped back to Australia in bulk for packaging here. The label could state in a clearly defined box that it was ‘Made in Singapore’. Alternatively, a standard label could be used that includes a fully shaded bar chart and a statement like ‘Made in Singapore from 100% Australian ingredients Packaged in Australia’, all in a clearly defined box. The label would not include the kangaroo logo – even though all of the ingredients are Australia, the juice was made in Singapore.
(b) some of the ingredients of the food are of Australian origin,
(e) ‘BC’ is the appropriate bar chart to represent P% of Australian ingredients (see section 10); and
(f) ‘C’ is the name of the relevant country; and
(g) ‘P%’, in which P is a whole number, is not more than the proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of the food; and
(b) some but less than 10% of the ingredients of the food by weight is of Australian origin,
the labelling may include one of the following marks:
(c) ‘C’ is the name of the relevant country; and
(d) ‘Packed’ may be replaced by ‘Packaged’.
(a) the food in the package was grown, produced or made in a single country other than Australia; and
(b) none of the ingredients of the food is of Australian origin,
(c) a statement that the food was grown, produced or made in that country, as appropriate, in a clearly defined box; or
(e) ‘X’ is:
(i) the phrase ‘Made in’; or
(ii) if all significant ingredients are from a single overseas country, the phrase ‘Grown in’, ‘Produced in’, ‘Produce of’, ‘Product of’, as appropriate (see section 8);
(f) ‘Y’ is:
(i) the word ‘Made’;
(ii) the word ‘Grown’, ‘Produced’ or ‘Product’, as appropriate (see section 8); or
(iii) the kind of food;
(a) the food in the package was not grown, produced or made in a single country; and
(c) ‘BC’ is the appropriate bar chart to represent P% of Australian ingredients (see section 10); and
(d) ‘Packed’ may be replaced by ‘Packaged’; and
(e) ‘P%’, in which P is a whole number, is not more than the proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of the food.
Note: This Subsection applies to packaged food of multiple origins that contains Australian food or ingredients.
For example, Australian fruit or vegetables mixed with imported fruit or vegetables; Australian nuts mixed with imported nuts.
Note: This subsection applies to packaged food of multiple origins that contains no Australian food or ingredients.
For example, mixed fruit, vegetables or nuts imported from two or more countries not including Australia.
(9) In a mark required or permitted under this section other than subsection 22(2), a phrase may be added at the end that names one or more of the ingredients of the food and specifies the country of origin of each ingredient named, provided:
‘Packed in Australia from 0% Australian ingredients with Canadian blueberries’
(1) This section applies to food to which section 22 applies (other than food grown, produced or made in a single overseas country) if the proportion by weight of the ingredients of the food varies over time.
(3) If the average proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of the food is at least 1%, the following are appropriate marks:
Division 4— Imported foods with Australian ingredients
(5) In a mark required or permitted under this section, other than subsection 26(2), a phrase may be added at the end that names one or more of the ingredients of the food and specifies the country of origin of each ingredient named, provided:
‘Made in Vietnam from at least 10% Australian ingredients with prawns from Thailand’
(ii) in relation to a sale to which Part 2 does not apply, the use would be permitted by Part 2 if Part 2 could be applied to the sale; and
Note: Food therefore includes (among other things) anything declared under section 6 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 by the Minister administering that Act to be food for the purposes of that Act.”.
*respite care establishment for the aged means an establishment that provides short term care, including personal care and regular basic nursing care, to aged persons.
(v) crystallised fruit, glacé fruit and edible cake decorations;
(i) water-based carbonated and non-carbonated flavoured drinks;
(i) sorbitol, mannitol, glycerol, xylitol, polydextrose, isomalt, maltitol, maltitol syrup or lactitol.
(F2016L00528)
1 July 2016 (s2)
Country of Origin Food Labelling Amendment (Packed in Australia) Information Standard 2016
(F2016L01864)
6 December 2016 (s2)
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