The food and grocery manufacturing sector pays wages and salaries of $13.56 billion.
The industry’s workforce accounts for about 3 per cent of the population.
The food and grocery manufacturing industry consists of 30,104 businesses.
The industry provides around 24 million nutritious, affordable meals to Australians every day.
312,000 Australians are employed in the food, beverage and manufacturing industries, including half in rural and regional areas.
Australia’s $108 billion food and grocery manufacturing industry is the nation’s largest manufacturing sector.
Industry spends on average 0.5 per cent of turn-over on R&D – about $368 million a year.

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Complaints Process

This initiative is supported by a public complaints program, which is managed by the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB).

Complaints may be made about:

- The placement of the advertisement – is it appropriate in programs directed to children under 12?
- The appropriateness of the product – does it represent a healthy choice?
- The appropriateness of the messaging – does it promote good dietary habits?

The complaints process follows similar guidelines to those for other Codes administered by the ASB.

All complaints about ads must be submitted in writing to the ASB – this can be done online at www.adstandards.com.au. An independent arbiter will assist in arbitrating issues surrounding the compliance of the advertisement with the Company Action Plans put forward by the participating food companies.

Complaints about different ads must be submitted separately and must include sufficient details to allow for identification of the ad in question.

For further information on this initiative, please click on the links below.

Core Principles
Signatories
RCMI Reports
Complaints Process
Scope

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