Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

The bill in its amended form proposes that there be amendments to the Australian Consumer Law, which would mean enforcement via the ACCC. Before you get to the stage of enforcement, you need to look at the whole issue of appropriate labelling. There is still a role for FSANZ to play in developing labelling standards. The enforcement would be through the ACCC, but, before that, you have a process whereby FSANZ would play a useful role in developing and approving labelling standards. Let's put this in perspective. The position is that we are not seeking a boycott of palm oil, as Senator Siewert rightfully pointed out; this is just giving consumers the basic information, because to call it a vegetable oil is inherently misleading. The Blewett review picked up on that in recommendation 12. So, effectively, the mechanism of enforcement would be through the ACCC, through the ordinary course of enforcement mechanisms con­tained in the Australian Consumer Law.