Overview
       •  Review of food labelling law and policy
       •  Labelling to support public health 
          strategies
       •  Labelling for provide other consumer 
          information
       •  Government intervention 
       •  Enforcing food regulation
                                            
             Review of Food 
          Labelling Law and 
                       Policy
   Questions raised by the food labelling review:
   •  Should food labelling be used to support 
      public health objectives? If so, how?
   •  Are food labelling laws needed to regulate 
      other consumer information on food labels?
   •  To what extent do governments need to be 
      responsible for regulating what’s on food 
      labels?
   •  Can a national agency enforce food 
      labelling laws? If so, which one?
                                  
        Food labelling policy
    An overarching food labelling policy should 
        set out the role of food labelling 
        regulation in:
       1.  Supporting public health objectives 
           and preventative health strategies
       2.  Protecting public health and safety 
       3.  Providing information to help 
           consumers make informed choices 
           about the foods they buy
       4.  Preventing misleading and deceptive 
           labelling
                                  
      How can food labelling laws 
            support public health 
                    objectives?
   The following improvements to food 
       labelling laws will help to support 
       public health objectives:
   •   Mandatory front of pack nutrition 
       labelling including traffic lights for key 
       nutrients of concern
   •   Health and nutrition content claims 
       regulation using nutrient profiling 
       criteria
   •   Labelling alcohol products
   •   Nutrition information in quick service 
       outlets
   •   Ingredient information such as trans fat 
       and palm oil
                                   
           ‘Other’ consumer 
                 information
        Consumers are increasingly 
        interested in how and where their 
        food is produced:
       •  Country of origin labelling
       •  GM labelling laws
       •  Palm oil labelling Bill
       •  Australian Standard on Organic 
          and Biodynamic Product
       •  Free-range