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FOOD STANDARDS AMENDMENT (TRUTH IN LABELLING-PALM OIL) BILL 2011
2010
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Food Standards Amendment (Truth in
Labelling--Palm Oil) Bill 2010
No. , 2010
(Senators Xenophon and Bob Brown)
A Bill for an Act to provide for the accurate
labelling of palm oil in food, and for related
purposes
i Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling--Palm Oil) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Purpose of Act ................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Food Standards Australia New
Zealand Act 1991
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Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling--Palm Oil) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 1
A Bill for an Act to provide for the accurate
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labelling of palm oil in food, and for related
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purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Food Standards Amendment (Truth in
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Labelling--Palm Oil) Act 2010.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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Section 3
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The 28th day after the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be
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expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
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(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not
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part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or
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edited in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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4 Purpose of Act
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The purpose of this Act is:
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(a) to ensure that consumers have clear, accurate information
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about the inclusion of palm oil in foods; and
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(b) to encourage the use of certified sustainable palm oil in order
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to promote the protection of wildlife habitat.
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Section 16B
Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling--Palm Oil) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 3
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Food
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Standards Australia New Zealand Act
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1991
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1 After section 16
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Insert:
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16B Matters for which standards must be developed and
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approved--palm oil
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(1) The Authority must, within 6 months after the commencement of
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this section, develop and approve labelling standards that prescribe
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that producers, manufacturers and distributors of food containing
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palm oil:
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(a) regardless of the amount of palm oil used in the food or to
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produce the food, palm oil must be listed as an ingredient of
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the food; and
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(b) if the palm oil used in the food or to produce the food has
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been certified sustainable in accordance with the regulations,
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the listing of the palm oil as an ingredient of the food may be
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shown as:
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CS palm oil
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to indicate its sustainable origins.
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(2) Regulations made for the purpose of certifying the sustainability of
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palm oil must reflect the criteria determined for that purpose by the
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Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
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(3) A standard developed and approved under subsection (1) is not
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subject to section 18 (Objectives of the Authority in developing or
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reviewing food regulatory measures and variations of food
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regulatory measures) or Part 3 (Food regulatory measures),
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particularly Division 3 (Council may request a review of approved
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draft standard etc.) and sections 102 to 106.
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(4) Subsection (3) does not prevent the Authority from:
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(a) revoking a standard developed and approved under
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subsection (1) and developing and approving a new standard
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Section 16B
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dealing with the same subject matter to replace that standard;
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or
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(b) developing and approving a variation of a standard developed
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and approved under subsection (1) or paragraph (a).
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(5) Part 3 (Food regulatory measures), apart from Division 3 (Council
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may request a review of approved draft standard etc.) and
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sections 102 to 106, applies to:
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(a) a standard developed and approved under paragraph (4)(a);
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and
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(b) a variation of a standard developed and approved under
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paragraph (4)(b).
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(6) To avoid doubt, a standard in accordance with subsection (1) must
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be in force at all times after the first such standard comes into
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force.
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