Last week, I heard a radio advertisement spruiking the advantage of clearer food labels to help consumers. This government website is quite new and provides a simple explanation for all major producers of food products in Australia. I really recommend that you take the time to read over this site.
http://www.foodlabels.industry.gov.au/
In summary, this website explains that food retailers should have the green kangaroo and a shaded table indicating the approximate percentage of ingredients, processing, etc which are done in Australia. It will look something like this.
If your food is made entirely imported products and processes, then you cannot use the well known Australian made symbol, i.e. the golden kangaroo on a green triangle. Instead your labels should simply state Product Of The Relevant Country. E.g. Product Of China.
I did write about these new labelling laws in my blog of April 25, 2016 entitled New Laws For Food Labels Begin on July 1, 2016. Yes, the law did come into effect in 2016. However, there is a phase in period of two years which means you still have until July 1, 2018 to comply with the new food labelling labels.
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