Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016
12Accounting for water when determining country of origin and proportion of Australian ingredients
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12 Accounting for water when determining country of origin and proportion of Australian ingredients
This section sets out how water is to be accounted for when determining the country of origin of a food or calculating the proportion by weight of specified ingredients of a food. Water that reconstitutes dehydrated or concentrated ingredients or other components of food (including food additives) is taken to have the country of origin of that ingredient or component. Water otherwise added as an ingredient to a food is taken to have the country of origin in which it was collected or harvested Where a liquid packing medium for a food is not generally consumed as part of the food, water that forms part of the liquid packing medium is not to be counted when determining the proportion by weight of specified ingredients.
Note: Examples: This subsection would apply to water that forms part of a pickling brine in a jar of pickled onions, but not to water that is an ingredient of a syrup in a can of peaches.
For this section a liquid packing medium includes, but is not limited to, the following:
water;
aqueous solutions of sugars or salt (for example, brines or syrups);
fruit and vegetable juices in canned fruits and vegetables;
vinegar.