At its meeting on 27 June 2014, the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) endorsed the voluntary front-of-pack labelling scheme, the Health Star Rating (HSR) system. A HSR Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee) was established to oversee the voluntary implementation of the HSR system.
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The Forum agreed that the FoPL system, except for agreed exemptions, applies to all packaged, manufactured or processed foods presented ready for sale to the customer in the retail sector and includes:
- a star rating element and a nutrient information element;
- the star rating being underpinned by a modified Nutrient Profiling Scoring Criterion (NPSC);
- a star rating scale of ½ a star to 5 stars, with ½ star increments and a “slider” above the relevant star/half star with the corresponding number to highlight the star rating of the food;
- the star rating being branded ‘Health Star Rating’;
- nutrient information elements for saturated fat, sugars and sodium and one optional positive nutrient information element (e.g. calcium) relevant to the particular food; and
- the option of including the word ‘high’ with the positive nutrient element and ‘low’ with saturated fat, sugars and sodium elements where applicable.
- an ‘energy’ icon, with the unit of measure in kilojoules;