Food Industry Product Information Form (PIF)

The Product Information Form (PIF) was launched in February 2008 as an industry-agreed general questionnaire intended to be used by companies to provide a wide variety of information about ingredients, their composition, the presence of allergens and other information to needed to meet the obligations for labelling and product identification, as specified by the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code and other relevant regulatory requirements for Biosecurity and consumer protection.

The PIF is designed to permit all ingredient suppliers and food manufacturers to use this single document to satisfy their information needs to meet the legal obligations under the Food Standards Code. It is designed to provide a single template to replace the numerous company-specific information forms used across the food supply chain between suppliers and manufacturers.

Following the initial versions of the PIF a major review was undertaken and on 4 August 2010 the PIF Version 3.0 was released as an Excel file compatible with Microsoft Office 2003 and later. Download the PIF (version 3.0) here [Excel Spreadsheet - 874 KB]

The form is intended to be completed electronically as it incorporates features which will highlight certain questions, turn off and turn on other questions depending on the responses to previous questions on the form. It is designed to be used for both raw ingredients and components as well as finished goods, and incorporates assisted functionality in completing nutritional information. An explanation of some of the new features in Version 3.0 is available from the conference presentation notes.

The AFGC will develop a comprehensive user guide to the form, although the new Version 3.0 includes an expanded set of comments and guidelines in the form. Also to soon be developed will be a version of the form that can be printed and filled in as a hard copy version rather than an electronic version. The AFGC is also working with GS1 to develop a web-based application of Version 3.0.

To ensure that you have access to the latest version of the PIF, which is provided absolutely FREE of charge, please register for PIF Updates on the AFGC website at www.afgc.org.au/tools-guides-/product-info-form.html

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