27Nutritional information voluntarily displayed to comply with requirements

27 Nutritional information voluntarily displayed to comply with requirements

27 Nutritional information voluntarily displayed to comply with requirements

(1) For the Act, section 106O, the prescribed kind of nutritional information is the energy content of—

(a) a standard food item for sale at a standard food outlet, or

(b) a part or an amount of a standard food item for sale at a standard food outlet.

(2) The nutritional information must be determined—

(a) in accordance with the Food Standards Code, Standard 1.2.8 and section S11-2, and

(b) by calculating—

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

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

(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 for the whole of the item instead of for 100g of the standard food item.

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