Bill
Competition and Consumer Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2017
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Nick Xenophon
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-06-21
- second reading — 2017-06-21
- second reading — 2017-08-17
- other — 2019-07-01
- other — 2019-07-04
- other — 2022-07-25
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-06-21.
This bill would require palm oil to be listed separately on the labels of food and other products.
The responsible minister would have 12 months to create a mandatory information standard for goods that contain palm oil.
Manufacturers that use certified sustainable palm oil could label it as such, indicating it was produced with minimal environmental impact.
- Requires palm oil to be labelled separately rather than as 'vegetable oil'.
- Gives the minister 12 months to establish an information standard for palm oil products.
- Allows manufacturers to label certified sustainable palm oil to show its sustainable origins.
Manufacturers of food and other goods containing palm oil, and consumers who buy those products.
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