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Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016
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This item is authorised by the following title:
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
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F2017C00920 C02
12 August 2017
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Purpose
5 Limit of application
6 Outline of this information standard
7 Interpretation
8 Meaning of grown, produced and made
9 Meaning of non-priority food
10 References to the logo and appropriate bar chart
11 Meaning of proportion and average proportion of ingredients by weight
12 Accounting for water when determining country of origin and proportion of Australian ingredients
13 Varying Australian content—methods for providing consumers with content information
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Part 2—Country of origin labelling requirements
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Division 1—Application of this Part
14 Application of this Part—retail sales and other sales for which labelling is required
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Division 2—Labelling requirements
15 Packaged food, other than fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging
16 Fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging
17 Unpackaged meat, fish, fruit and vegetables
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Division 3—Labelling requirements for food grown, produced, made or packaged in Australia
18 Food grown, produced or made in Australia exclusively from Australian ingredients
19 Other food made in Australia
20 Food grown, produced or made in Australia that is exported and re-imported
21 Varying Australian content—food made in Australia
22 Food packaged in Australia that includes food not grown, produced or made in Australia
23 Varying Australian content—food packaged in Australia
24 Non-priority food grown, produced or made in Australia
25 Non-priority food packaged in Australia
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Division 4— Imported foods with Australian ingredients
26 Imported foods that have Australian ingredients
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Part 3—Other sales where country of origin information must be provided
27 Sales for which labelling is not required but in relation to which information must be made available
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Part 4—Legibility requirements, prohibitions and providing additional information
28 General legibility requirements
29 Restrictions on other uses of logo and bar chart in relation to food sold in Australia
30 Provision of additional material not prevented
31 Record-keeping
32 Provision of information to the regulator
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Part 5—Transitional provisions
33 Food that complies with the Food Standards Code country of origin labelling requirements
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Dictionary
1 Definitions—general
2 Meaning of Medical Institution
3 Definitions—particular foods
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history