More about Product Safety and Integrity
The key areas of work for the Food Safety Branch include:
- Providing strategic and influencial contributions to the development of domestic policy for agvet chemicals as well as overseeing Australian Government responsibilities for the National Registration Scheme for Agricultural & Veterinary Chemicals (National Registration Scheme) the regulatory framework for agvet chemicals.
- Facilitating a national approach to developing and implementing policy for risk management of agvet chemical use and ‘on-farm’ food safety issues (zoonotic animal diseases, environmental contaminants and antimicrobial resistance).
- Running industry and government committees that are responsible for developing national approaches to on-farm food safety issues such as SAFEMEAT.
- Coordinating the department's contribution, in consultation with industry, in managing national food safety emergencies.
- Providing strategic and influential contributions to the development of international policy for agvet chemicals through forums such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Food and Agriculture Organization and United Nations Environment Program.
- Coordinating Australia’s involvement with the setting of international food standards through the Codex Alimentarius Commission and contributing to international food safety and standards policy development through such forums as the Food Safety Quadrilaterals (a group consisting of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States).
Related Links
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals
National Residue Survey