Release of Draft of Mandatory Industry Code for Unit Pricing

By Joe Lederman and Alexandra Jannetto
FoodLegal Lawyers and Consultants
© Lawmedia Pty Ltd, April 2009

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On 23 March 2009, the Federal Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, Mr Chris Bowen, released the draft of an industry Code for unit pricing that is intended to implement a nationally-consistent mandatory unit pricing scheme requiring certain grocery retailers to use unit pricing when selling particular grocery items to consumers.

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