Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016.

The purpose of this information standard is to provide for mandatory country of origin labelling requirements for food for human consumption that is sold in Australia (including offered or displayed for sale). It does not impose labelling requirements on food sold outside Australia. Under this information standard, most food for retail sale in Australia must be labelled with a country of origin. There are different labelling requirements depending on whether the food was: grown, produced or made in Australia; packaged in Australia; grown, produced or made in another country; packaged in another country.
In addition to a country of origin statement, the marks include an indication of the proportion of Australian ingredients by ingoing weight through text and a bar chart. If all of the food in a display or package was grown, produced or made in Australia, the mark will also include a kangaroo logo. In some circumstances, more detailed information can be voluntarily added to the text in a standard mark. If the food was not grown, produced, made or packaged in Australia, the labelling will be required to meet the requirements in sections 15, 16 or 17. Briefly, it must identify: the country of origin of the food, if it is from a single country (it may also identify where the food was packaged if this was a different country), or if the food is from more than one country the country where the food was packaged, if applicable and that the food is of multiple origins. For non-priority food the requirements for standard marks and the placement of origin statements in a box are voluntary, rather than mandatory. The non-priority foods are: seasonings; confectionary; biscuits and snack food; bottled water; soft drinks and sports drinks; tea and coffee; alcoholic beverages