AMA Submission FSANZ preliminary position on the Nutrition Information Panel Review [draft]

The AMA agrees with the FSANZ preliminary position that the NIP does not require significant changes and largely meets its intended purposes. It provides useful, detailed nutrition information to consumers, an important platform for monitoring and accountability, and the basis of many initiatives to improve the healthiness of individual products and food environments. However in this submission we suggest some work that will strength the use and value of the NIP. The Australian Medical Association strongly endorses the importance of nutritional education and food literacy in supporting Australians to make healthier food choices.