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AustraliaProposed measure, open for comments

Food – Australia

Official title

Proposal P1067 – Health Star Rating System: 2nd Call for Submissions and Supporting Documents.

Australia notified a revised version of this proposed TBT measure on 29 October 2026. The measure was first notified on 12 May 2026. Comments are open until 28 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Imported and domestically produced packaged foods for retail sale in Australia and New Zealand that are required to bear a label, subject to certain exemptions and prohibitions

Notifying member
Australia
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/AUS/198Latest notice: G/TBT/N/AUS/198/Rev.1
ICS classification
  • 67.040 Food products in general
Keywords
Food standards, Labelling

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 28 December 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 28 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/AUS/198/Rev.1 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Australia.

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What the notification says

FSANZ has prepared a proposed draft amendment to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) to mandate the display of a Health Star Rating (HSR) symbol on food for sale in Australia and New Zealand. The 2nd call for submissions provides FSANZ’s assessment and the proposed draft amendment, which would require the HSR to be calculated using a prescribed algorithm and the HSR symbol to be displayed on the front of most packaged foods for retail sale that are required to bear a nutrition information panel, subject to specified exemptions and prohibitions. FSANZ seeks submissions on the proposed regulatory approach to inform its final assessment and a decision on whether to approve, amend or reject the proposed draft amendment.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. RevisionG/TBT/N/AUS/198/Rev.1

    Comment deadline: Open until 28 December 2026

    Proposal P1067 – Health Star Rating System: 2nd Call for Submissions and Supporting Documents.

    FSANZ has prepared a proposed draft amendment to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) to mandate the display of a Health Star Rating (HSR) symbol on food for sale in Australia and New Zealand. The 2nd call for submissions provides FSANZ’s assessment and the proposed draft amendment, which would require the HSR to be calculated using a prescribed algorithm and the HSR symbol to be displayed on the front of most packaged foods for retail sale that are required to bear a nutrition information panel, subject to specified exemptions and prohibitions. FSANZ seeks submissions on the proposed regulatory approach to inform its final assessment and a decision on whether to approve, amend or reject the proposed draft amendment.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/AUS/198

    Comment deadline: Closed on 11 July 2026

    Proposal P1067 — Health Star Rating System 1st Call for Submissions and supporting documents; (506 pages, in English).

    The proposal considers whether the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) should be amended to require foods for sale in Australia and New Zealand to display a Health Star Rating (HSR) symbol. This 1st Call for Submissions outlines FSANZ’s assessment, key conclusions and proposed regulatory approaches. Proposed approaches include: requiring the HSR symbol to be displayed on the front-of-pack of most packaged foods for retail sale where a nutrition information panel is required, subject to specified exemptions and prohibitions; standardising the HSR symbol design and location; requiring the HSR to be calculated using a prescribed algorithm. FSANZ is seeking stakeholder views to inform whether FSANZ should proceed to preparing a draft variation to amend the Code.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

Sources

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