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the colour black.

            (8) The silhouette of a pregnant woman on the *pregnancy warning pictogram must be in the colour black.

            (9) The strikethrough of the *pregnancy warning pictogram must be displayed with a clear space on either side of the strikethrough so both the strikethrough and silhouette of a pregnant woman on the *pregnancy warning pictogram are clearly legible.

            (10) The signal words of the *pregnancy warning mark must be:

              (a) in the colour black; and
              (b) in bold font; and
              (c) in a sans-serif typeface; and
              (d) in capital letters; and
              (e) in English.

            (11) The statement of the *pregnancy warning mark must be:

              (a) in the colour black; and
              (b) in a sans-serif typeface; and
              (c) in sentence case; and
              (d) in English.

            (12) The border of the *pregnancy warning mark must be in the colour black.

            (13) The *pregnancy warning mark must be displayed on the package with a clear space that:

               (a) surrounds the outside of the border of the pregnancy warning mark; and
               (b) is at least 3mm in width.

            (14) The *pregnancy warning mark must be displayed as a whole and without modification.

            (15) In this section, a post-print (flexographic) printing process means the pregnancy warning mark is printed directly on to the outside liner of corrugated cardboard packaging using flexible raised image printing plates.

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Application, saving and transitional provisions
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Food Standards (Application A1256 – Colour of pregnancy warning labels for corrugated cardboard packaging) Variation

Items [1] [2] [3] and [4] of the Schedule                                                                             218  F2023L00523   Clause 4  Clause 4 provides a transitional arrangement for variations to the Code made by the Schedule.
                                                                                                                           4 May 2023
                                                                                                                           FSC158                  The transition period is the period of time that commences on 4 May 2023 and ends on 1 February 2024.
                                                                                                                           4 May 2023
                                                                                                                                                   Subclause 4(1) provides that section 1.1.1—9 of Standard 1.1.1 of the Code does not apply to the variations.

                                                                                                                                                   Subclause 4(2) states that clause 4, and therefore the transitional arrangements that it provides, shall apply only to a food product that is an alcoholic beverage:
                                                                                                                                                        (a)        that is required by subsection 2.7.1—10(1) of the Code to display a pregnancy warning mark on its outer package; and
                                                                                                                                                        (b)        to which subsection 2.7.1—13(2) of the Code applies

                                                                                                                                                   Subclause 4(3) provides that, during the transition period, a food product may be sold if the product complies with one of the following:

                                                                                                                                                       (a)      the Code as in force without the above variations;
                                                                                                                                                       (b)      the Code as amended by the above variations.

                                                                                                                                                   Subclause 4(4) provides that a food product may be sold after the transition period if the product complies with one