15Packaged food, other than fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging

15 Packaged food, other than fresh fruit and vegetables in transparent packaging

This section applies in relation to food for sale (whether or not a retail sale) if it is in a package that is required to bear a label under a standard in the Food Standards Code.

Note: See Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.1 – Requirements to have labels or otherwise provide information. For labelling requirements where the food for sale has more than 1 layer of packaging, see sections 1.2.1—6 and 1.2.1—20.

If provisions in Division 3 apply to the food, the package must bear a label that meets the requirements of those provisions.

Note: Division 3 applies to food that was grown, produced, made or packaged in Australia.

Otherwise, the package must bear a label with:

a statement of the country of origin of the food in the package; or
if the food was packaged using food from more than one country—a statement that:

(i) identifies the country where the food was packaged; and
(ii) indicates that the food is of multiple origins or that it is comprised of imported ingredients.

Note: This subsection applies to food that was not grown, produced, made or packaged in Australia.

Note: If some or all of its significant ingredients were made in Australia, section 26 permits the use of a mark with a bar chart to indicate this. Using the mark will satisfy this subsection and subsection (4).

For food other than non-priority food, the statement mentioned in subsection (3) must be in a clearly defined box.