Country of origin labelling of food
Office of Regulation Review submission
This submission to the National Food Authority was released in October 1994.
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1 Introduction
2 The NFA proposal
3 Government policy on regulation
4 Objectives of country of origin labelling
5 Economic rationale for country of origin regulation
6 The scale of the problem
Survey data
Evidence of consumer confusion
Overseas experience
7 The benefits of specific regulation — can it overcome potential confusion?
8 Specific regulation versus general regulation
9 Alternative approaches
10 Costs of the NFA’s proposals
Australian firms
Importing firms
Consumers
Government
11 Conclusion
References
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