date:Jul 22, 2015
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced a mandatory country-of-origin labelling system for food, to come into effect from next year.
The move is said to have been prompted by the hepatitis outbreak earlier in the year, attributed to contaminated Chinese berries.
As per the rules, food labels will provide information on the proportion of products made, grown or packaged in Australia, as well as a bar chart with domestic and international ingredients useage. Domestically produced pro