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The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (ANZFSC) is the legal code governing food safety and food labelling in Australia and New Zealand. [1] [2] It is administered by Food Standards Australia New Zealand. [3] Officially, it is issued as Australian secondary legislation and then adopted by New Zealand secondary legislation. [4]
FSANZ began as an Australia-only agency, the National Food Authority, established under the National Food Authority Act 1991. In 1995, the National Food Authority's jurisdiction was extended to New Zealand, under the Joint Food Standards Treaty , and it was consequently renamed the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA).
Australia and New Zealand have a joint standards body for food safety: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). [2] It is an independent statutory agency established by the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. FSANZ is part of the Australian federal Department of Health's portfolio.
National standard format is yyyy-mm-dd. [161] dd.mm.yyyy format is used in some places where it is required by EU regulations, for example for best-before dates on food [162] and on driver's licenses. d/m format is used casually, when the year is obvious from the context, and for date ranges, e.g. 28-31/8 for 28–31 August.
The authority enforces the Food Act 2003 (NSW) and associated regulations within New South Wales in respect of all food for sale. The act brings the bi-national Food Standards Code maintained by Food Standards Australia New Zealand into force within the state. The authority designs and monitors food safety schemes under the Food Regulation 2015 ...
Africa Food Safety Forum (AFSF) [1] African Food Safety Network (AFoSaN) [2] The Food Safety and Quality Authority of The Gambia (FSQA) [3] Tanzanian Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) [4] Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) [5] Moroccan National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) [6] South African National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications ...
Standards of identity are set out in the Food and Drug Regulations. They may be identified by the symbol "[S]" following the product name in boldface type. As such, they are official common names for products and no other name can be substituted. [2] A 2014 lawsuit in the United States illustrated one usage of such regulations.
Food smart portal Archived 2013-05-01 at the Wayback Machine - for consumers; Food at the Ministry of Health; Food safety portfolio news at The Beehive; Food safety [permanent dead link ] - a briefing for government ministers (2000) Food Standards Australia New Zealand; Food safety Archived 2013-05-06 at the Wayback Machine at the New ...