Food Standards (Proposal P1044 – Plain English Allergen Labelling) Variation (Cth)

Food Standards (Proposal P1044 – Plain English Allergen Labelling) Variation

The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this variation under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 of the variation.

Dated 19 February 2021 Joanna Richards Standards Management Officer Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Note:

This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 138 on 25 February 2021 This means that this date is the gazettal date for the purposes of clause 3 of the variation.

1 Name This instrument is the Food Standards (Proposal P1044 – Plain English Allergen Labelling) Variation.

2 Variation to standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code The Schedule varies Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement The Variation commences on the date of gazettal. 4 Effect of the variations made by this instrument

(1) Section 1.1.1—9 of Standard 1.1.1 does not apply to the variations made by this instrument.

(2) During the transition period, a food product may be sold if the food product complies with one of the following: (a) the Code as in force without the variations made by this instrument; or (b) the Code as amended by the variations made by this instrument. (3) A food product that was packaged and labelled before the end of the transition period may be sold during the post-transition period if the product complies with one of the following: (a) the Code as in force without the variations made by this instrument; or (b) the Code as amended by the variations made by this instrument. (4) For the purposes of this clause: (a) transition period means the period commencing on the variation's date of commencement and ending 36 months after the date of commencement; (b) post-transition period means the 24 month period commencing on the day after the transition period ends.