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The ACCC has amended the draft revised mandatory standard for baby walkers since the first round of consultation.

The supplier guide is now available for the new information standard on tobacco health warnings which takes full effect on 1 December 2012.

This document provides information and seeks public comment on the proposed regulation.

The mandatory information standard for the display of graphic health warnings on tobacco products commences on Sunday 1 January 2012 and takes full effect on 1 December 2012. The standard covers all retail tobacco products sold in Australia, that are made for human consumption, be it smoking, sucking, chewing or snuffing.

The ACCC today launched its first Facebook page ‘ACCC Product Safety’.

Parents are warned not to purchase a particular type of child car restraint being sold online that appears to breach Australia’s mandatory safety standards.

The latest version - as at 14 November 2011 - of the proposed mandatory standard for tobacco labelling (graphic health warnings) is now available for comment.

This document provides information and seeks public comment on the proposed regulation.  

The ACCC has released the second round consultation paper and is seeking comments on the proposed mandatory Tobacco Labelling (Graphic Health Warnings) Standard by 8 November 2011. It is intended to be in place by 1 January 2012, with full compliance required by 1 July 2012.