Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00920:reg:6:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00920
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 2/5)
Character Range: 7786–10562

ingoing weight. Section 10 includes a table listing bar charts and the ranges of percentages of Australian ingredients to which they apply. Section 11 sets out the methods for calculating the percentages of Australian ingredients by ingoing weight. Section 12 sets out how water is to be treated when calculating the percentages.  Section 13 sets out the methods by which businesses can communicate more accurate information when the average percentage of Australian ingredients by ingoing weight is used in a standard mark in accordance with sections 21 and 23.

The labelling requirements are set out in Part 2. With some exceptions, Part 2 applies to retail sales of food. The labelling requirements vary depending on whether the food falls within one of the following three categories of food:

       * packaged food, other than fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging
       * fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging
       * unpackaged meat, fish, fruit and vegetables.

These categories align with the categories of food required to be labelled with a country of origin under the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (Food Standards Code) at the time the information standard commenced. This means there has been no change to the range of foods that must be labelled with a country of origin. Particular foods or classes of foods are defined in Part 3 of the Dictionary at the end of this information standard.

Food grown, produced or made in Australia

If the food was grown, produced or made in Australia exclusively from Australian ingredients, the information must be in the form of one of the standard marks set out in section 18. These marks include the following features:

      * a logo to assist the consumer to easily identify that the food was grown, produced or made in Australia:

      * a full bar chart to indicate that the food's ingredients are exclusively Australian:

      * a statement indicating that the food was grown, produced or made in Australia and that its ingredients are exclusively Australian.

If the food was grown, produced or made in Australia and some of its ingredients are not Australian, the information must be in the form of one of the standard marks set out in section 19 (subject to section 21). The marks include the following features:

      * a logo to assist the consumer to easily identify the food was grown, produced or made in Australia:

      * one of the following bar charts to provide a visual indication of the proportion, by ingoing weight, of the food's Australian ingredients:

      * a Made in Australia statement, together with a statement that aligns with the bar chart and clearly states the minimum proportion, by ingoing weight, of the food's Australian ingredients.