. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/144
22 March 2000
(00-1185)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   AUSTRALIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA)
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   All foods containing
alcohol (apart from alcoholic beverages)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Explanatory Notes –
Proposal P219:  Labelling of Food s Containing Alcohol (10 Pages)
6. Description of content:   A proposal to amend the Australian Food Standards Code  (FSC)
to require that foods containing more than 1.15% alcohol be required to declare the alcohol
concentration, and, for foods containing significant amounts of alcohol, other than alcoholic
beverages, a statement advising that the food should be kept out of reach of children
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
There is currently a public health and safety concern due to:
- a lack of labelling with alcohol concentrations on some foods containing
alcohol;  and
- a lack of awareness by some consumers as to the presence of alcohol in 
some foods, and its unsuitability for children.
Requiring all foods containing alcohol to be labelled with the concentration of alcohol will
ensure that consumers are provided with sufficient information to enable them to makeinformed decisions as to the amount of alcohol they are consuming.
Where the consumer may not expect a product to contain alcohol, a statement advising that
the product be kept out of reach of children will ensure that the consumer is made aware of
the alcoholic content of the product.
8. Relevant documents:   Australian Food Standards Code
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Recommendation to Government anticipatedto be made May 2000.  Entry into force
immediately after Government approval.G/TBT/Notif.00/144
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10. Final date for comments:   12 April 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
Australian New Zealand Food Authority, quoting Proposal P219.  This notification is
identical to that notified by New Zealand.
Australia New Zealand Food Authority
P.O. Box 7186Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610
AUSTRALIA
Fax: +61 2 62712278
Email: sloanzfa.gov.au
Also available on the ANZFA website www.anzfa.gov.au