89Mandatory marking—country of origin statement

89 Mandatory marking—country of origin statement

(1) The primary packaging of a tobacco product must state the product’s country of origin using the format ‘made in …’.

Note: Example: ‘Made in Cuba’.

(2) A statement mentioned in subsection (1) is a country of origin statement. (3) The secondary packaging of a tobacco product may include a country of origin statement. (4) The retail packaging of a tobacco product must not otherwise describe: (a) the origin of the tobacco product; or (b) the components of the product.

Note: Examples: ‘Product of Cuba’ or ‘Made in Cuba from premium tobacco’ are not permitted.

Requirements for country of origin statement (5) A country of origin statement must: (a) appear only once on the retail packaging of the tobacco product; and (b) be printed: (i) in the typeface known as Lucida Sans; and (ii) no larger than 3 mm in size; and (iii) in a normal weighted regular font; and (iv) in the colour known as Pantone Cool Gray 2C; and (c) for a cigarette pack or cigarette carton—appear only on the side outer surface of the pack or carton on which a health warning is not displayed.