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This Summary of Key Outcomes is not an official record of the decisions of the ANZFA Board and does not provide full details of those decisions. The Minutes of each meeting of the ANZFA Board are the official record of the decisions made by ANZFA Board at that meeting and no reliance should be places on this Summary of Key Outcomes.

Out-of-Session - June 2002

SUMMARY OF KEY OUTCOMES

The ANZFA Board has responsibility under the Australia New Zealand Food Authority Act 1991 to consider standards matters and make recommendations to members of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council to amend the  Food Standards Code.   The Council is composed of Health Ministers from the Commonwealth, States, Territories and New Zealand, as Lead Ministers, as well as a number of other participating Ministers nominated by each jurisdiction, under the Food Standards Agreement signed in November 2000.   The Ministers consider the recommendations from the Board and decisions are determined by majority vote, before the Code can be amended.   Ministers can reject the recommendation if they so wish, or amend it, or return the recommendation to the Board for reconsideration.

NOTE:  Prior to the full entry into force of the 2001 ANZFA Act amendments, the present Act continues to operate.   However, for the purposes of a transition to the new arrangements, a practice has been developed to use particular terms contained in the amending legislation.   A list of the new terminology with the corresponding counterparts from the current Act is provided:

Proposals P248 - Development of 'stock-in-trade' provisions (Volume 2 of the Food Standards Code) and P252 - Transitional arrangements for repeal of Volume 1 of the Food Standards Code

The Board considered the Final Assessment Report for Proposal P248 - Development of ' stock-in-trade' provisions (Volume 2 of the  Food Standards Code)and Proposal P252 - Transitional arrangements for repeal of Volume 1 of theFood Standards Code.  The issues covered by the two Proposals relate to:

• the date that Volume 1 of the Food Standards Code should be repealed;

• whether food manufactured or packaged to the provisions of Volume 1, or the New Zealand Food Regulations 1984 should be permitted to be sold after the date of repeal of Volume 1 and the relevant New Zealand Food Regulations, and, i f so, for how long; and

• whether food manufactured or packaged to the provisions of Volume 1, or the New Zealand Food Regulations should continue to be permitted to be sold.  

The Board has agreed to the Final Assessment Report and the proposed draft variations to the Food Standards Code will now be recommended to Ministers for adoption.