Before you can get the best food labels for non-priority foods, you need to know exactly how the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission defines non-priority foods. The ACCC defines non-priority foods as:
The ACCC dictates that priority foods must comply by the new country of origin food labelling laws. These laws came into effect on July 1, 2018 and a summary of the new laws for food labels can be found here. https://www.rentonslabels.com.au/just-three-weeks-left-to-comply-with-new-laws-for-your-food-labels/
What it means is that producers of priority foods must comply with the new country of origin food labelling laws. This involves the kangaroo logo, bar chart and explanatory text. Three examples of such labels are shown below: The ACCC has much less stringent conditions placed on non-priority foods. Non-priority foods will only be required to carry a country of origin text statement identifying where the food was grown, produced, made or packaged.
If the food is packaged using food from more than one country, the label must indicate that the food contains imported ingredients or has multiple origins. The statement need not be in a box. Reference https://www.accc.gov.au/business/advertising-and-promotions/country-of-origin-claims#toc-country-of-origin-food-labelling
For non-priority foods, statements such as Grown in Australiaor Produced in Australiaare quite often sufficient. I encourage you to do your own research with regards to labelling laws as I am not a lawyer. You will find the government websites full of information. The problem is they contain if anything, too much information, so this blog will give you a summary of the country of origin food labelling laws but you should refer to these sites to get all of the detail.
This site is a good one to go to. https://www.accc.gov.au/publications/country-of-origin-food-labelling
To get the best food labels for your food products, you need to do more than just be compliant with the law. You want to sell more of your food products so that means you should have an appealing design. Here are five product label design tips to help you get the best food labels.
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