2011-02 - Amended Product Standards guideline document

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Introduction

AQIS issued previous advice in Industry Advice Notice (IAN) 2011-01 regarding amendment to the Product Standard Guideline document, which took effect on 1 March 2011.

AQIS has received feedback from the industry regarding this document, as well as additional information regarding testing requirements, and as a result has updated the Product Standard Guideline to provide further clarification, as well as outline changes to the testing requirements within the Guideline.

The Guideline is offered in two formats for accessibility:

The key amendments made to the Product Standard Guideline are as follows:

Amended Product Standards guideline document

Topic

Reference

Unsafe Product Procedure

Page 11 – inclusion of requirement to notify AQIS where food is found to be unsafe (i.e. where test results indicate the presence of a food pathogen)

Food Pathogen Corrective Action and Ongoing Testing

Page 15 – information provided with regard to testing of untested lots and corrective actions.

Procedure for when test results do not comply

Page 17 – additional information has been provided within the flow diagram on page 17 to ensure correct procedure followed when test results do not comply.

Composition of Sub-samples

Page 18 – additional information is included to give guidance on when sub-samples may be composited.

Minimum testing regime – Microbial

Table 4 – requirement for Salmonella testing of raw crustacea has been removed.

Testing for EU

Table 6 – test methodologies have been included which must be followed.
Table 7 – food category 1.24 requires a pooled test from 10 individual animals.

The new Product Standard Guideline will take effect from 1 November 2011.

Export registered fish establishments are required to incorporate these minimum testing requirements into their documented Approved Arrangements (AA), which AQIS audits against to verify industry compliance with the export legislation, by 1 November 2011.

The amended Product Standards guideline is attached to this industry advice notice for your reference and action as appropriate. This IAN can be found on the AQIS website at http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/export/fish/industry-advice-notices/2011.

Date of effect

This amended version, Version 7, of the Product Standards guideline will take effect from 1 November 2011.

Further enquiries

If you require further information please contact your regional AQIS fish inspection staff.  Regional contact details are available from the AQIS web page.

Issued by: AQIS Dairy, Eggs and Fish Program, Canberra

Last reviewed:
27 Sep 2011
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