Activity type:
Informed and empowered consumers
Status:
Active
Aim
Menu board labelling that is nationally consistent.
Leads
The policy development lead for this activity is Queensland Health.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is the lead for developing a food regulatory measure.
Authorisation
The food ministers agreed at their August 2019 meeting that nationally consistent menu labelling is desirable for:
- the food industry
- public health organisations
- governments.
They agreed:
- the most effective way for this to occur would be to develop a food regulatory measure under the Food Standards Code
- developing a policy guideline should be the first step.
Status
The next phase of this activity will consider development of a food regulatory measure for menu labelling in the Food Standards Code.
The Food Regulation Standing Committee (FRSC) will conduct activities to support any new regulatory measures, including:
- develop comprehensive, sustained consumer education to support the implementation of menu labelling
- undertake a coordinated, bi-national evaluation of menu labelling.
Completed work
As part of this activity, FRSC:
- developed a regulation impact statement with 4 different policy options
- invited stakeholders to respond to the statement from April to June 2021 – see consultation on policy guidance for menu labelling
- developed a decision regulatory impact statement and a preferred option, based on the submissions and an economic evaluation.
- developed a policy guideline on menu labelling which was approved by food ministers in November 2022.
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