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.

Projects & Priorities

Code Administration

The Code Manager coordinates the management of the Code, with the assistance of a Steering Committee and Complaints Committee. Specific management duties include:

interacting with industry on matters relating to the Code
facilitating a complaints resolution procedure
coordinating the review of uptake and effectiveness of the Code
coordinating compliance monitoring arrangements
coordinating periodic review of the functions of the Code and amendment as required.

Membership of the Steering Committee is comprised of:

Chair—AFGC Board member or delegate
Industry representatives (2)—from Code signatories
External stakeholders (2)

The Code Manager is in the process of filling the positions on the Steering Committee. The current external stakeholders are:

Ms Robyn Murray, CEO, Go Grains Health & Nutrition
Mr Jim Gruber, Food Liaison Pty Ltd

Membership of the Complaints Committee is comprised of:

Chair—from the legal profession
Industry representatives (2)
External stakeholders (2)