User Guide - Representations about food
User guide for Representation about food
August 2002
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This guide is intended to provide advice on voluntary representations about food, and to provide broad, non-definitive assistance for manufacturers considering the inclusion of voluntary representations as part of the marketing of their products.
The representations about food must be consistent with the mandatory requirements for labelling within the Food Standards Code,which need to appear on the food package. This includes the Standards within Part 1.2 - Labelling and other Information Requirements. In particular attention should be given to:
- Standard 1.2.3 - Mandatory Warning and Advisory Statements and Declarations;
- Standard 1.2.4 - Labelling of Ingredients;
- Standard 1.2.8 - Nutrition Information Requirements;
- Standard 1.2.10 - Characterising Ingredients and Components of Food;
- Standard 1.5.2 - Food Produced Using Gene Technology;
- Standard 1.5.3 - Food Irradiation;
- Standard 2.2.1 - Meat and Meat Products;
- Standard 2.2.3 - Fish and Fish Products;
- Standard 2.6.3 - Kava; and
- Standard 2.6.4 - Formulated Caffeinated Beverages.
This guide is not intended to be, nor will it become, a replacement for trade practices and/or fair trading legislation or indicators of precisely when a representation is or is not false, misleading or deceptive, or likely to be misleading or deceptive.
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Food Standards Advice
If you are a food business or an individual who manufactures, processes, caters or handles food and require assistance in understanding the requirements of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code then consult one of our Standards Advisors. The Advisors can be contacted at local call rates on:
- Tel 1 300 652 166 (Australia only)
- Tel 0 800 441 571 (New Zealand only)
- Email: advice@foodstandards.gov.au . ( Australia and New Zealand)