Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00920:reg:21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00920
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 21
Character Range: 34914–36820

21  Varying Australian content—food made in Australia

(1)           This section applies to packaged food that was made in Australia if the proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of the food varies over time.

(2)           Despite sections 18 and 19, the labelling of the food complies with this information standard if:

           (a)           the labelling includes:

              (i)          one of the appropriate marks under this section; and

              (ii)          any information, such as a barcode or other device, batch number, lot, date of manufacture or date mark, that is needed to enable a consumer to obtain information by a method in accordance with section 13; and

           (b)           a consumer who follows the method indicated by the mark is able to find out:

              (i)          the proportion by weight of Australian ingredients of the food in the package; and

              (ii)          if the period that was used to calculate the average specified in the mark does not appear on the labelling—that period.

(3)           If the average proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of the food is not less than 1%, the following are appropriate 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 average proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of the food; and

           (c)           '[how to get details]' is the identifying phrase for an information method that satisfies section 13.

(4)           If the average proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of the food is less than 10%, the following are also appropriate marks:

where '[how to get details]' is the identifying phrase for an information method that satisfies section 13.