{"id":766345,"date":"2026-06-28T20:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/766345\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T20:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:09:29","slug":"new-rules-require-restaurants-to-label-seafood-as-australian-or-imported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/766345\/","title":{"rendered":"New rules require restaurants to label seafood as Australian or imported"},"content":{"rendered":"

Restaurants, cafes, pubs and other food venues across Australia will be required to label the origin of their seafood from July 1, under new rules introduced by the federal government.<\/p>\n

The changes mean hospitality businesses serving seafood for immediate consumption \u2013 whether dine-in, takeaway or delivery \u2013 must tell customers whether their seafood is Australian, imported or a mix of both.<\/p>\n

The system uses what is known as the AIM model: A for Australian, I for imported and M for mixed origin where a dish contains both.<\/p>\n

The rules apply to restaurants, cafes, takeaway shops, pubs, clubs, hotels, casinos and food trucks.<\/p>\n

\"\"New seafood origin labelling rules will take effect across Australia from 1 July. Image \/ Jasper Da Seymour (Tourism Tasmania)<\/p>\n

Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said the changes were long overdue.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor too long Australians have floundered with not enough information about the origin of seafood in hospitality venues, which is why we\u2019re reeling this in,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Australia\u2019s seafood industry generates around $3.7 billion in gross value. Image \/ Tim Whybrow (Tourism Austraia)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re backing more information for Australian consumers, who can be sold hook, line and sinker on local Australian seafood.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the reforms delivered on a commitment she made while in opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fisheries industry provides significant value both as a job creator and economic driver in regional Australia and our Government is proud to back Australian seafood, which is the best in the world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s seafood industry directly employs more than 10,000 people and generates around $3.7 billion in gross value to the economy.<\/p>\n

\"\"Hobart waterfront restaurant Mures has labelled its seafood for years<\/p>\n

At Hobart waterfront restaurant Mures, the labelling system is already well established.<\/p>\n

General manager Eve Mure said the new rules would create a level playing field.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new law kind of puts us or puts restaurants in an even playing field and gives customers transparency when they\u2019re choosing where they\u2019re getting their seafood from,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The venue has been labelling its fish for years.<\/p>\n

\"\"New seafood origin labelling rules will take effect across Australia from 1 July. Image \/ Stu Gibson<\/p>\n

Mures fisherman Wilson Mure said the information was particularly useful for visitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably more for tourists and they come in and it\u2019s nice for them to see exactly where the fish are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Restaurants, cafes, pubs and other food venues across Australia will be required to label the origin of their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-766345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}