8Meaning of grown, produced and made

8 Meaning of grown, produced and made

In this information standard:

grown:

a food or ingredient was grown in a country if it:

was materially increased in size or materially altered in substance in that country by natural development; or;
germinated or otherwise arose in, or issued in, that country; or
was harvested, extracted or otherwise derived rom an organism that has been materially increased in size, or materially altered in substance, in that country by natural development;

a food consisting of more than one ingredient is also grown in a country if:

each of its significant ingredients was grown in that country; and
all, or virtually all, of the processing occurred in that country.

made: a food was made in a country if it underwent its last substantial transformation in that country. produced: a food was produced in a country if:

each of its significant ingredients was grown or otherwise wholly obtained in that country; and
all, or virtually all, of the processing occurred in that country.

If a food fits in more than one of the categories defined in subsection (1), and this information standard has different requirements for the different categories, the labelling complies with this information standard if it satisfies the requirements for one of the categories.

Note: Example: Where a food could be described either as having been made in Australia from Australian ingredients, or as having been produced in Australia, the label could have, with the logo and the 100% bar chart, any of the following: ‘Made in Australia from Australian ingredients’; ‘Produced in Australia’; ‘Grown in Australia’; ‘Australian [kind of food]’; or ‘Made in Australia from 100% Australian ingredients’.