Food Regulation 2025
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29 Displaying nutritional information
29 Displaying nutritional information
(1) For the Act, sections 106N(2)(c) and 106O(2)(b), the nutritional information referred to in sections 26(1)(a) and (b) and 27(1) must—
(a) be legible, and
(b) display the number of kilojoules in numerals and use the abbreviation “kJ”, and
(c) for a standard food outlet that is not a supermarket—
(i) be in the same font, and at least the same font size, as the price displayed for the standard food item, or
(ii) if no price is displayed—be in the same font, and at least the same font size, as the name displayed for the item, and
(d) for a standard food outlet that is a supermarket—be in the same font, and at least the same font size as—
(i) the price displayed for the standard food item, or
(ii) the unit price displayed for the item, which is the price per unit of measurement.
(2) For the Act, section 106N(2)(c), the statement referred to in section 26(1)(c) must—
(a) be legible, and
(b) if only 1 standard food item is displayed on a menu—
(i) be in the same font, and at least the same font size, as the name of the item displayed, or
(ii) if no name is displayed—be in the same font, and at least the same font size, as the price displayed for the item, and
(c) if a number of standard food items are listed or displayed on a menu—
(i) be in the same font, and at least the same font size, as the name of the standard food item with the largest font size listed or displayed, or
(ii) if no names are listed or displayed—be in the same font, and at least the same font size, as the price of the standard food item with the largest font size listed or displayed, and
(d) if a standard food item or items are displayed with a price tag or label or identifying tag or label in an area, display cabinet or stand—be in at least the same font size as the largest font size on the tags or labels for the standard food item or items in the area, display cabinet or stand.