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Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016
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Department of the Treasury
This item is authorised by the following title:
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
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F2016L00528
15 April 2016
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05 December 2016
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—Preliminary
Name
Commencement
Authority
Purpose
Limit of application
Outline of this information standard
Interpretation
Meaning of grown, produced and made
Meaning of non-priority food
References to the logo and appropriate bar chart
Meaning of proportion and average proportion of ingredients by weight
Accounting for water when determining country of origin and proportion of Australian ingredients
Varying Australian content—methods for providing consumers with content information
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—Country of origin labelling requirements
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—Application of this Part
Application of this Part—retail sales and other sales for which labelling is required
—Labelling requirements
Packaged food, other than fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging
Fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging
Unpackaged meat, fish, fruit and vegetables
—Labelling requirements for food grown, produced, made or packaged in Australia
Food grown, produced or made in Australia exclusively from Australian ingredients
Other food made in Australia
Food grown, produced or made in Australia that is exported and re-imported
Varying Australian content—food made in Australia
Food packaged in Australia that includes food not grown, produced or made in Australia
Varying Australian content—food packaged in Australia
Non-priority food grown, produced or made in Australia
Non-priority food packaged in Australia
—Imported foods with Australian ingredients
Imported foods that have Australian ingredients
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—Other sales where country of origin information must be provided
Sales for which labelling is not required but in relation to which information must be made available
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—Legibility requirements, prohibitions and providing additional information
General legibility requirements
Restrictions on other uses of logo and bar chart in relation to food sold in Australia
Provision of additional material not prevented
Record-keeping
Provision of information to the regulator
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—Transitional provisions
Food that complies with the Food Standards Code country of origin labelling requirements
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Dictionary
Definitions—general
Meaning of Medical Institution
Definitions—particular foods