Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00008:reg:90
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00008
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 90
Character Range: 84041–85221

90  Mandatory marking—manufacturer's date mark
 (1) The primary packaging of a tobacco product must display the date (the manufacturer's date mark) on which the product was packaged.

Requirements for manufacturer's date mark
 (2) The manufacturer's date mark must:
 (a) appear only once on the retail packaging of the tobacco product; and
 (b) be printed:
 (i) in the typeface known as Lucida Sans; and
 (ii) no larger than 3 mm in size; and
 (iii) in a normal weighted regular font; and
 (iv) in the colour known as Pantone Cool Gray 2C; and
 (c) for a cigarette pack—appear only on the side outer surface of the pack or carton on which a health warning is not displayed.

Alphanumeric code
 (3) The manufacturer's date mark must be represented using the following alphanumeric code:
 (a) a letter representing the month (where 'A' represents January, 'B' represents February and the remaining months are represented in a continuation of that sequence);
 (b) a number representing the year (where '0' represents a year ending in 0, '1' represents a year ending in 1 and other years are represented in a continuation of that sequence).
Example: April 2025 is represented by D5.