The Food Ministers’ Meeting, held on July 25th, 2025, endorsed Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)’s decision to mandate energy labelling on alcoholic beverages (P1059). Amendments to the FSC were gazetted and published by FSANZ on August 13th, 2025.
The energy statement will be mandated and include the below in the prescribed formatted table:
A nutrition information panel may be used instead of an energy statement (must show the number of standard drinks per serving if there’s more than one serve) and is not required on products that currently display a nutrition panel.
The changes will affect most packaged alcoholic beverages sold in Australia and New Zealand (excluding small packages and present nutrition information panels). A three-year transition period has been set from the date of gazettal, and a stock-in-trade exemption for products packaged and labelled before the end of the transition period. The new requirements will appear in FSC Standard 2.7.1. For a summary of the changes, please see the article, Amendment No. 241.
The public health initiative is a step forward to provide consistent energy information to consumers to make informed choices of energy intake and provide an industry-wide standard for clarity of nutrition information on alcoholic beverages.
Take the lead in updating your alcoholic beverage labelling. Our team is here to develop compliant labelling to include the new legislation with the prescribed energy statement to the correct legal standards. Contact us today to discuss your transition plan and get started.