On 28 November 2016, a minor amendment was made to the Information Standard so that sections 22 and 23 (dealing with imported food packed in Australia) and section 26 (dealing with imported food with Australian ingredients).
The amendment primarily relates to a very narrow range of foods that were made in a single overseas country and subsequently packed in Australia.
Section 22 provides for the use of a standard mark on the labels of food packaged in Australia where some of the food in the package has not been grown, produced or made in Australia. The standard mark can state that the food is packed or packaged in Australia and include text and a bar chart indicating the proportion of Australian ingredients, but it cannot include the kangaroo logo because it contains food that was not grown, produced or made in Australia.
The ‘Packed in Australia from at least x% Australian ingredients’ would be retained for foods from multiple countries with some Australian content that are packed in Australia – for example, nuts from Australia and other countries that are mixed together and packed in Australia. Section 23(1) of the Standard has also been amended to prevent food grown, produced or made in a single overseas country from using a label to indicate variance of ingredient origin over time.
From Country of Origin Food Labelling Factsheet Country of Origin Food Labelling Update – minor amendment to the Information Standard 2016
The amendment primarily relates to a very narrow range of foods that were made in a single overseas country and subsequently packed in Australia.
Section 22 provides for the use of a standard mark on the labels of food packaged in Australia where some of the food in the package has not been grown, produced or made in Australia. The standard mark can state that the food is packed or packaged in Australia and include text and a bar chart indicating the proportion of Australian ingredients, but it cannot include the kangaroo logo because it contains food that was not grown, produced or made in Australia.
The ‘Packed in Australia from at least x% Australian ingredients’ would be retained for foods from multiple countries with some Australian content that are packed in Australia – for example, nuts from Australia and other countries that are mixed together and packed in Australia. Section 23(1) of the Standard has also been amended to prevent food grown, produced or made in a single overseas country from using a label to indicate variance of ingredient origin over time.
From Country of Origin Food Labelling Factsheet Country of Origin Food Labelling Update – minor amendment to the Information Standard 2016
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