Category: Australia & New Zealand

Certain products and substances are subject to bans, which means that supplying them is strictly prohibited. Importing or selling banned products can result in recalls, fines, or even being disqualified from acting as a company director.

This guide will help you determine if a certain product is subject to an existing ban, while also helping you reduce the risk of your products being subject to a new ban.

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Packaging materials are subject to various regulations and other compliance requirements in Australia. These range from warning labelling to chemicals and recycling rules.

This guide serves as an introduction to requirements for consumer product packaging, food packaging, packaging waste, and single-use plastic packaging.

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Many products sold in Australia are subject to labelling requirements. These can be set by mandatory product standards, and are often applicable to specific product types. This guide serves as an overview of key labelling requirements, while also providing a methodology that you can use to identify Australian labelling requirements for your products.

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Certain products can only be sold in Australia if they are compliant with mandatory product safety standards. These can, in turn, reference additional AS and AS/NZS standards.

In this guide, we explain what importers and manufacturers must know about finding the right standards and ensuring that your product meets the requirements.

Terminology

Safety standards can mean different things in the context of product compliance in Australia. To avoid confusion, I clarify the terminology used below:

a. Australian product safety standards refer to mandatory product safety standards authorised under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. These are essentially regulations rather than what you might think of as standards.

b. Product standards refer to AS, AS/NZS and other standards that set technical requirements. Some of these are referenced by Australian product safety standards and are therefore mandatory.

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