Some products you consume make claims about the health effects they are intended to have on your body. This does not necessarily mean that they are therapeutic goods.
Food or medicine?
For some of these products it may be unclear as to whether they are a medicine or food (such as some teas), and therefore how they are regulated. These products are described at the Food Medicine Interface.
Medicines and other types of therapeutic goods are regulated under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 and foods are regulated by state and territory food regulatory bodies by reference to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (Food Standards Code).
The way a product is presented to consumers can be important in determining whether it is a food or medicine but is only one of the factors relevant to that determination.
Cosmetics
One of the main factors in determining whether a product is a cosmetic or a medicine (or a medical device) is the claims made about the product. For example, moisturisers that contain a sunscreening agent as a secondary component above SPF15 are therapeutic goods and regulated medicines. Most soaps will be cosmetics unless they make a therapeutic claim, in which case they may be therapeutic goods.