Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00920:reg:19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00920
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 19
Character Range: 32062–33866

19  Other food made in Australia

(1)           This section applies to food if:

           (a)           it was grown, produced or made in Australia; and

           (b)           some of its ingredients are not exclusively of Australian origin.

(2)           Subject to subsection (3), if some of the food's ingredients are of Australian origin, or partly of Australian origin, the labelling must include one of the following marks:

where:

           (a)           'BC' is the appropriate bar chart to represent P% of Australian ingredients (see section 10); and

           (b)           'P%', in which P is a whole number, is not more than the proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of the food.

(3)           If less than 10% of the food's ingredients by weight are Australian, the labelling may include one of the following marks:

(4)           If none of the food's ingredients are Australian, the labelling must include one of the following marks:

Reference in mark to an ingredient from a particular country

(5)           In a mark required or permitted under this section, 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:

           (a)           the phrase starts with the word 'with'; and

           (b)           each ingredient named originates exclusively in the country specified as the origin of that ingredient.

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'