What’s In It For Me? – All About Food Labelling During Viewing the Program 1. Who is the regulatory body for food labelling? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ a. What does this acronym stand for? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the role of FSANZ? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ List the responsibilities of FSANZ. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What publication sets the food standards? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Who can create new food standards? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Who enforces the food standards laws? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why must food labels be truthful and accurate? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What does NIP stand for? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What products do not require a NIP? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What does ‘Best Before’ mean? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ What does ‘Use-By’ mean? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How is bread labelled? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____ 3. Explain what ‘Made in Australia’ and ‘Product of Australia’ refer to. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why are contact details and lot numbers necessary? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________I In what order should ingredients be listed on a food label? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is a characterising component or ingredient? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When can nutritional claims be made? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What percentage of fat can be in a ‘fat free’ product? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What may ‘Light’ be referring to? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What are daily percentage intakes based on? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What does GI refer to? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Which food items can cause severe allergic reactions? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is an example of a disclaimer? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why is a disclaimer used on chocolate? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. When can food additives be used? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What does GM stand for? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Explain why irradiation is used on some food products? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Who is AQIS? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What foods do not require NIP? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What needs to be displayed on unpackaged foods? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ a. What types of food must show this? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What symbols might appear on food products? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________