Better Australian Country of Origin Labelling Comes Into Effect July 1st

County of Origin labelling has been mandatory for years in Australia but admittedly has been confusing for shoppers due to confusing wording such as the popular, "made with Australian and imported ingredients" without delving into details about what those ingredients are or the percentage.

A two-year transition phase to improved country-of-origin food labelling ends on June 30, 2018, with all food packaged and imported from July 1 required to comply with the Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016.

This means it'll take a few more months before you start seeing food on the shelves with the new information, given much of what you see on shelves is upwards of six months old from its manufacture date.

Choice.com.au shared the soon-to-be mandatory labels all the way back in 2015 on Twitter. The new labels are undoubtedly an improvement, but still do not detail where the non-Australian ingredients come from. Needlesstosay, it's still better than what we had and a step forward for improvements down the track.

I would love to see the origins of non-Australian ingredients listed on the label, but maybe some food items have so many non-Australian ingredients for some products you wouldn't be able to fit them on the label and still have them remain legible.