date:Sep 20, 2012
ition and Consumer Act that will deal solely with country-of-origin claims with regard to foods.
It will also ensure that food labelling is based on the ingoing weight of the ingredients and components, excluding water.
The bill has not gone down well the food manufacturing companies with multinational operations, as these use neighboring and distant bases to serve the Australian market.
The Australian Food and Grocery Council has said that the move by the Greens to change labelling laws com