Outcomes
We used submissions to this consultation to inform a decision regulation impact statement (D-RIS).
The D-RIS recommended introducing a new information standard under the Australian Consumer Law based on the ‘Australian, imported, mixed’ (AIM) model for seafood CoOL.
Overview
The Australian Government would like to make changes to the Australian Consumer Law to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling (CoOL) for seafood in hospitality. This would mean that restaurants, cafes and similar businesses have to show where their seafood is from.
We want seafood CoOL to:
help people understand where their seafood is from so they can make choices about what they buy
be simple for businesses
be easy to enforce.
Regulation impact statement
We want your feedback on the regulation impact statement for seafood CoOL. A regulation impact statement includes:
the problem we are trying to solve by introducing seafood CoOL
how the problem impacts people and businesses
what we heard in our consultation on the discussion paper for seafood CoOL
proposed options for changing seafood labelling laws.
Please tell us what you think of the 2 proposed options for seafood CoOL in the regulation impact statement. These options would require hospitality businesses to show either:
whether the seafood is from Australia (A), imported (I) or a mix of Australian and imported seafood ingredients (M)
which country the seafood is from.
Your feedback will help the government:
understand how these 2 options for seafood CoOL would impact people and businesses
decide if and how it introduces seafood CoOL.