Publications

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General Publications

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Allergen Cards

Annual Reports  [ html ] #

Analysis of Food-Related Health Risks     printer image

Australian Pilot Survey of GM Food Labelling of Corn and Soy Food Products  [ html I pdf 455kb

Australian Total Diet Study  [ html ]

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Choose the Right Stuff - a pocket guide to food labels [ pdf ]  #

Choosing the Right Stuff - the official shoppers' guide to food additives and labels, kilojoules and fat content [ html ]

Code of Practice on Nutrient Claims in food labels and in advertisements   [ html ]

Colours survey  [ pdf | attachments ]

Costing a one-year delay to the introduction of mandatory nutrition labelling    [ html  | pdf  ]

Cost Schedule for Food Labelling Changes   PDF

Corporate Plans   [  html  ] #

Country of Origin Labelling - Guide to Standard 1.2.11 [pdf ]

Country of Origin food labelling consumer brochure [ pdf ]  

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A guide to Standard 4.2.4 -Primary Production and Processing Standard for Dairy Products -Part 3  Dairy Processing    printer image    #

A guide to Standard 4.2.4 -Primary Production and Processing Standard for Dairy Products -Part 2:  Dairy Collection and Transport Requirements   printer image    #

 A guide to Standard 4.2.4 -Primary Production and Processing Standard for Dairy Products -Part 1: Dairy Primary Production Requirements    printer image    #

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Public health and safety of eggs and egg products in Australia’ [   pdf ] printer image

Guidelines for the deriviation of energy factors for specific food components not listed in Standard 1.2.8   [ pdf ]

Equivalence: Guidelines for determining the equivalence of food safety measures [ word  | pdf ]

Evaluating benefits and costs of food regulation: a scoping study   [ html  ]

Evaluating the Folate - Neural Tube Defect Health Claim Pilot   [ html ] 

Evaluation Report Series  [ html ]


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Fact Sheets 

Feedback and Complaints brochure [ html ]

Flavour & Fragrance Assoc of Australia and New Zealand - Artificial Flavouring Substances [ excel | pdf ]

Folic Acid and pregnancy – advice for women fact sheet

Food: a growth industry (Blair review report - August 1998)  [  wordpdf  ]

Food Industry Recall Protocol    printer image #

Food labels: What do they mean (A2 poster)    [ pdf   ]   #

A guide to Standards 3.3.1 - Food Safety Programs for Food Service to Vulnerable Persons  [ pdf ]  #

Food Safety: An Audit System   [ html I pdf  ]  

Food Safety: Guidance on skills and knowledge for food businesses [ pdf 100 kb ] 

Food Safety: Guidelines for the microbiological examination of ready-to-eat foods  [ html | pdf ]

Food Safety: Temperature control of potentially hazardous foods  [ pdf 160 kb ] 

Food Safety: The Priority classification system for food businesses   [ html I pdf

Food Safety Standards: Chapter 3 of the Food Standards Code (Australia only), incorporating Standards 3.1.1, 3.2.2 and 3.2.3  [ pdf ]

Food Safety Programs - A guide to Standard 3.2.1 Food Safety Programs   [ pdf 191 kb ]     printer image  #

Food Safety Standards - Costs and Benefits   

Food Standards News  

Food Surveillance News ANZ

FSANZ response to “ GE Foods and Human Health Safety Assessments” by Dr Judy Carman  [ Word pdf 191  kb]

FSANZ Who are We ? Brochure [ pdf ] Australia #

FSANZ Who are We ? Brochure [ pdf ] New Zealand #

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GM Foods : A Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified Foods  [  pdf  786 kb ] #

GM labelling review report    [ Exec Summary  |  Word  |  pdf 987 kb ]

Guide to meeting the new standard drink labelling requirements for alcoholic beverages  [ pdf 1039 kb ]

Guidelines for the microbiological examination of ready-to-eat foods   [ html I pdf ]

Guideline levels for contaminants (metals) in food: Generally Expected Levels (GELs)   [  Word | pdf  97 kb ]

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Identity of fish species as sold through food outlets in Australia: A Pilot survey   [  html |  pdf  ] 

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Listeria and Food  brochure [ pdfprinter image version

Listeria and food: Commonly asked questions  [  html |  pdf  ] #

Listeria Recall Guidelines for Packaged Ready-to-Eat foods   [ html  | pdf ]


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Media Releases

Mercury in fish brochure [ high res pdf 1662 kb  |  low res pdf  72 kb ] # printer image version

Minerals in Australian fruits and vegetables – a comparison of levels between the 1980s and 2000  [ html |   Word  |  pdf  ]

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The National Food Business Notification System: Information for State and Local Governments   [ html | pdf ]

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Oceania Foods Conference Sixth Proceedings  [  pdf  ]

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Pilot survey on the identity of fish species as sold through food outlets in Australia  [  html |  pdf  ] 

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) in Food in Australia - Report  [ pdf 435kb ]

Pregnancy Brochure - Thinking about having a baby? Important things you need to know about what you eat and drink.  printer image  #

Public Health and Safety of Poultry Meat in Australia  [ pdf 394 kb ]   printer image

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Report on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Consultation in Melbourne  [ html pdf format 212 kb  |  Word document  141kb ]

Review on the current status of the extent and use of cloning in animal production in Australia and New Zealand  [ Exec Summarypdf format 398 kb  |  Word document 387 kb ]

Review of the report by Séralini et al., (2007): “New analysis of a rat feeding study with a genetically modified maize reveals signs of hepatorenal toxicity” (July 2007) [ Word Document 120kb ]

Safe Food Australia 2nd Edition   [ html  |   printer image  ]

Safe food for all - Poster   [ html ] #

Safety Aspects of Dietary Caffeine - Report from the Expert Working Group   [ html I pdf  ]

Safe Seafood Australia   [ htmlpdf 1383 kb  ]   

Scientific Evaluation of Pasteurisation for Pathogen Reduction in Milk and Milk Products [ pdf 1448kb ]

Science Strategy 2006-09 [ pdf 

Service Charter [ html ]

Sodium levels in a range of packaged and take-away foods [ html ]

Survey of Chemical Residues in Domestic and Imported Aquacultured Fish  [ html pdf 400 kb ]

Sushi - Report on food handling practices and microbiological quality of sushi in Australia    printer image

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Technical Report Series : are scientific reports, based on current available scientific data, and relate to the issues of the safety of food additives, food contaminants, novel foods and foods produced using gene technology.  

Temperature control of potentially hazardous foods  [ pdf 160 kb ] 

Trans Fatty acids Reports 2009

Trans Fatty acids report 2007

Transgenic Food Animals:  A survey of publicly available information  [ Exec Summary  |  Word pdf  format 458 kb ]

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User Guides for the Food Standards Code [ html ]