Food labelling guide - the Packaging Council of Australia

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This guide is divided into three main parts: 1. 2. 3. Responsibilities of the ACCC and FSANZ Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code Trade Practices Act A checklist on how to avoid breaching the Trade Practices Act is included at the end of the publication. 2 Food labelling guide
1. Responsibilities of the ACCC and FSANZ Australian Competition and Consumer Commission The ACCC has produced this guide with the assistance of FSANZ. The ACCC is an independent national statutory law enforcement agency responsible for bringing about compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 by encouraging vigorous competition in the marketplace and promoting the Act’s consumer protection laws. Part of the ACCC’s compliance role is to ensure that businesses do not make representations about food and beverage products that are false or likely to mislead or deceive consumers. The ACCC has become increasingly concerned about representations on the labels, packaging and advertisements of food and beverage products that imply, without appropriate qualification, that a particular ingredient is predominant when this is not the case. The ACCC has formed a view, supported by a number of recent Federal Court of Australia decisions, that this practice is likely to mislead consumers and breach the Trade Practices Act. The ACCC will therefore continue to respond when these concerns are raised, and, where appropriate, take legal action for any conduct that breaches the Act. Other ACCC publications about representations in the food and beverage industry can be downloaded from the Publications page on the ACCC website. 3 Food labelling guide
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