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Technical evaluation for Labelling Review recommendation 14: Mandatory declaration of total and naturally occurring dietary fibre in the nutrition information panel

Technical evaluation for Labelling Review recommendation 14: Mandatory declaration of total and naturally occurring dietary fibre in the nutrition information panel Executive summary In 2009, the then Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Council for Food Regulation (now known as the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (Forum)) agreed to proceeding with a comprehensive independent review of food labelling law and policy. An expert panel, chaired by Dr Neal Blewett, AC, undertook the review and the panel's final report, Labelling Logic: Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy (2011) (Labelling Logic) was publicly released in January 2011.  Recommendation 14 from Labelling Logic stated that declaration of total and naturally occurring fibre content be considered as a mandatory…

Published 7 August 2014

Application A1073 - Food derived from Herbicide-tolerant Soybean DAS-44406-6

Application A1073 - Food derived from Herbicide-tolerant Soybean DAS-44406-6 The purpose of this applicaiton is to seek permission for food derived from herbicide-tolerant soybean, genetically modified to provide tolerance to 2,4-D, glufosinate ammonium and glyphosate. Page last updated: 13 February 2025

Published 21 June 2013

Technical Evaluation for Labelling Review Recommendation 43: Perceptible Information Principle

Technical Evaluation for Labelling Review Recommendation 43: Perceptible Information Principle (September 2013) Executive Summary In 2009, the then Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Council for Food Regulation (now known as the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (Forum)) agreed to a comprehensive independent review of food labelling law and policy. An expert panel, chaired by Dr Neal Blewett, AC, undertook the review and the panel's final report, Labelling Logic: Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy (2011) (Labelling Logic) was publicly released in January 2011. Recommendation 43, one of several recommendations relating to presentation of information on food labels in Labelling Logic states: That the Perceptible Information Principle be used as a guide for labelling…

Published 7 August 2014

The annual cost of foodborne illness in Australia

The annual cost of foodborne illness in Australia In 2020, FSANZ commissioned the Australian National University (ANU) to develop a cost model and report on the annual cost of foodborne illness in Australia.  The cost model was used to generate estimates of costs for the report but is also a standalone product that can be updated and used by FSANZ and other regulators.  The report includes costs for foodborne gastroenteritis due to all causes and costs due to the following ten pathogens that were selected through a prioritisation process:  Campylobacter Listeria monocytogenes Norovirus Non-typhoidal Salmonella Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (Salmonella Typhi) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Other pathogenic …

Published 22 September 2022

Thiamin levels in Australian breads: Results from the 2010 and 2012 national bread surveys

Thiamin levels in Australian breads: Results from the 2010 and 2012 national bread surveys (June 2016) This report presents thiamin content data from two bread analytical surveys undertaken in 2010 and 2012 under the Implementation Sub-committee for Food Regulation (ISFR) National Coordinated Survey Plan. The surveys were part of ongoing activities to monitor the impact of mandatory folic acid and iodine fortification of bread and were used by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to also determine the amount of thiamin in breads on the Australian market. The surveys sampled three types of breads commonly consumed by Australian from the capital cities of all states and territories. The samples were chemically analysed for the amounts of thiamin, folic acid and iodine they contained. The chemical analysis was undertaken by the National…

Published 29 June 2016

Transgenic food animals

Transgenic food animals A Survey of publicly available information (December 2003) By Gregory S. Harper* , Alan Brownlee, Thomas E. Hall, Robert Seymour, Russell Lyons, Patrick Ledwith CSIRO Livestock Industries, 306 Carmody Rd., St. Lucia, Qld 4067 Executive Summary The last decade of animal research has reinforced the view that some food-related qualities of animal products (e.g. eating quality and yield) are strongly influenced by the genotype of the animal. Likewise animal production performance characteristics (e.g. growth rate and disease resistance) have been improved by selective breeding. One significant advantage of transgenesis is in rapid genetic improvement of traits of interest, and a dramatic example…

Published 3 April 2013

Values, Governments, and Food Regulation

Values, Governments, and Food Regulation In 2006, FSANZ commissioned the University of New South Wales to prepare a discussion paper on Values, Governments, and Food Regulation. The review, prepared by Dr Stephen Coleman, draws together the research relating to the increased attention on food safety, primarily focusing on ethics and public policy, but also political science. The review summarises the key points to be considered when attempting to develop an appropriate policy for government intervention in the production and sale of food. The key issues explored include:

  • the role of government in liberal democracies such as Australia and New Zealand,
  • issues of individual rights to liberty and autonomy, and
  • the role that values can appropriately play in the development of governmental policy with…

    Published 10 June 2017

A1080 - Food derived from Herbicide-tolerant Cotton Line MON88701

A1080 - Food derived from Herbicide-tolerant Cotton Line MON88701     Page last updated: 13 February 2025

Published 25 March 2020

A1081 - Food derived from Herbicide-tolerant Soybean Event SYHT0H2

A1081 - Food derived from Herbicide-tolerant Soybean Event SYHT0H2 The purpose of this application is to seek for food derived from herbicide-tolerant soybean, genetically modified to provide tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium and tolerance to herbicides that inhibit p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygena Page last updated: 13 February 2025

Published 8 June 2022

Risk Analysis in Food Regulation

Risk Analysis in Food Regulation This publication describes how FSANZ uses risk analysis to manage a diverse range of food-related health risks. The risk analysis process used by FSANZ is based on the internationally accepted codex Risk Analysis Framework. The document provides a broad overview of the FSANZ process; it is not intended to provide detailed information on the approach used by FSANZ in assessing particular types of foods, e.g. food contaminants or substances added to food. To produce this work, the previous booklet The Analysis of Food-Related Health Risks was systematically reviewed and updated over the course of two years. This latest edition now includes additional information on how FSANZ undertakes a nutritional risk analysis (the assessment of both…

Published 4 December 2021