90Mandatory marking—manufacturer’s date mark

90 Mandatory marking—manufacturer’s date mark

(1) The primary packaging of a tobacco product must display the date (the manufacturer’s date mark) on which the product was packaged. Requirements for manufacturer’s date mark (2) The manufacturer’s date mark 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—appear only on the side outer surface of the pack or carton on which a health warning is not displayed. Alphanumeric code (3) The manufacturer’s date mark must be represented using the following alphanumeric code: (a) a letter representing the month (where ‘A’ represents January, ‘B’ represents February and the remaining months are represented in a continuation of that sequence); (b) a number representing the year (where ‘0’ represents a year ending in 0, ‘1’ represents a year ending in 1 and other years are represented in a continuation of that sequence).

Note: Example: April 2025 is represented by D5.