Amanda Rishworth (Kingston, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes significant community concern regarding the clarity, simplicity and accuracy of food labelling, including labelling identifying the:

(a)

origin of the food;

(b)

nutritional value of the food; and

(c)

food production methods used, including the use of food technologies;

(2)

recognises that:

(a)

adequate food labelling laws should aim foremost to protect the health and safety of consumers and eliminate deceitful or misleading labelling information;

(b)

having clear, simple and accurate labelling on food empowers consumers and enables them to make informed food choices; and

(c)

for food labelling laws to be effective, they need to be rigorously and consistently enforced;

(3)

supports the Australian and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council’s establishment of an independent review into food labelling; and

(4)

encourages the Government and State and Territory governments to examine the results of this review, and work together to ensure that our food labelling laws deliver the outcomes our community desires.

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