26Nutritional information required to be displayed

26 Nutritional information required to be displayed

26 Nutritional information required to be displayed

(1) For the Act, section 106N(2), the following kinds of nutritional information are prescribed—

(a) for a standard food outlet that is not a supermarket—the average energy content of the whole of each standard food item for sale by the standard food outlet expressed in kilojoules,

(b) for a standard food outlet that is a supermarket—the average energy content of the whole or 100g of each standard food item for sale by the standard food outlet expressed in kilojoules,

(c) for all standard food outlets—the following statement—

The average adult daily energy intake is 8,700 kJ.

(2) The method of determining the nutritional information referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) is, in accordance with the Food Standards Code, Standard 1.2.8 and section S11-2, to calculate the average energy content, expressed in kilojoules, of—

(a) the whole of the standard food item, or

(b) 100g of the item.

(3) If the average energy content is calculated for the whole of a standard food item, the average energy content must be calculated in accordance with the Food Standards Code, Standard 1.2.8 and section S11-2, making necessary adjustments to ensure the calculation is made in relation to the whole of the item instead of for 100g of the item.

(4) The number of kilojoules calculated as referred to in subsection (2) may be rounded to the nearest 10kJ.