The purpose of the Proposal is to consider introducing certain temporary maximum residue limits (MRLs) for residues of agricultural and veterinary chemicals that may occur in food, in order to align standards with the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority temporary MRLs for coumatetralyl and warfarin in pork commodities.

This Proposal considers an amendment to the Food Standards Code for hydrocyanic acid in raw apricot kernels, foods derived from them and potentially other foods.

The purpose of the Proposal is to address an inconsistency in the conditions for vitamin and mineral claims between Standards 1.2.7 and 1.3.2 and to permit nutrition content claims about salt and sodium in relation to foods (excluding beverages) containing more than 1.15% alcohol by volume.

The purpose of this Proposal is to address inconsistencies and lack of clarity associated with Standard 1.2.7 and related standards to ensure that Standard 1.2.7 operates as intended and also to provide exemptions for certain Health Star Rating label elements from Standard 1.2.7 requirements.