Bill
Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Country of Origin Food Labelling) Bill 2015
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- Christine Milne
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-02-12
- second reading — 2015-02-12
- other — 2016-04-17
- other — 2016-04-19
- other — 2016-05-09
- other — 2016-09-15
- other — 2019-07-01
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 2015-02-12.
The bill would overhaul country of origin food labels in Australia to reduce consumer confusion.
It creates a dedicated section in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 for food origin claims, replacing current rules under another Act, and limits labels to three types of claims.
New rules would require the phrase 'Manufactured in Australia' instead of 'Made in Australia' and remove vague labels like those referring to local and imported ingredients.
- Creates a single regulatory regime for most packaged and unpackaged food.
- Restricts country of origin labelling to three kinds of claims.
- Replaces the term 'Made in Australia' with 'Manufactured in Australia'.
- Bans qualified claims about local and imported ingredients and substitutes them with 'Packaged in Australia'.
Producers and retailers of packaged and unpackaged food for retail sale in Australia, and consumers who buy those products.
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