Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Summary of Activities

Our Regulatory Measures

Objectives

  • Development and evaluation of the Food Standards Code and other regulatory measures (Portfolio Budget Statement 2004-2005).
  • Effective management and enhancement of the standards development process (Portfolio Budget Statement 2004-2005).
  • Establishment and implementation of a common regulatory approach and evaluation strategies with other agencies (Portfolio Budget Statement 2004-2005).
  • Work with our government partners to develop food standards through the bi-national food regulatory arrangements (FSANZ Corporate Plan 2003-2006).
  • Use of good regulatory practice in the delivery of food regulatory outcomes (Portfolio Budget Statement 2004-2005).

Highlights

  • 24 Applications finalised.
  • 5 Proposals finalised.
  • 100% of regulatory impact statements met the requirements of the Office of Regulation Review.
  • Successfully managed number of significant public health issues arising from food.
  • Completion of the seafood standard.

Performance

The performance indicators for Our Regulatory Measures:

  • the number of standards Applications finalised within statutory timeframes;
  • the number of regulatory impact statements satisfying the Office of Regulation Review’s requirements; and
  • our management of food emergencies and public health issues arising from food.

Our Stakeholders  

Objectives

  • Provide greater opportunities for community involvement in food regulatory processes (Portfolio Budget Statement 2004-2005).
  • Strengthen productive working relationships with our external interest groups and government partners (FSANZ Corporate Plan 2003-2006).

Highlights

  • New consultation and engagement arrangements (public briefings, targeted consultations) trialled during the year.
  • Increased use of standards development advisory committees (SDACs)
  • Over 300 delegates from industry, government, public health professionals and consumers from within Australia and New Zealand attended the inaugural Food Safety Conference, Gold Coast in October 2004.
  • 50 people attended the Board’s stakeholder forum in Sydney and 49 the stakeholder forum in Auckland.
  • Negotiated Memorandum of Understanding with international (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) and national (Standards Australia) stakeholders.
  • Advice Line responded to approx 10,000 phone and email enquiries.

Performance

Our performance in meeting Our Stakeholder  goals is measured by monitoring:

  • the level of stakeholder support for our regulatory approaches;
  • the level and nature of stakeholder feedback, both formal and informal, provided through the industry advice line and information officer;
  • the number of invitations to consultative forums by our government partners and stakeholders;
  • the extent of stakeholder participation in our consultative processes; and
  • the level of engagement between our stakeholders and ourselves.

Some of these performance indicators have proved difficult to measure. As part of our planning process, we will conduct a major review of our performance measurement system in 2005-2006 and seek to develop more appropriate indicators and more measurable and achievable performance measures.

Our People

Objectives

  • Enhance organisational capability and capacity.
  • Foster an encouraging and rewarding work environment.

Highlights

  • Establishment of Staff Forum.
  • Draft Values and Capabilities Framework developed.
  • Overall staff numbers remain at consistent level.
  • Consistent with APS trends, FSANZ’s age profile is increasing

Performance

Our performance in meeting Our People goals is measured by:

  • the extent to which strategic human resource management plans and policies facilitate achievement of organisational objectives;
  • the number and nature of professional development opportunities given to staff as identified in staff professional development plans; and
  • the nature of comments from staff surveys.

Our Accountability

Objectives

  • Ensure clear public understanding of our roles and priorities (FSANZ Corporate Plan 2003-2006).
  • Strengthen and enhance our corporate governance arrangements (FSANZ Corporate Plan 2003-2006).
  • Ensure clear understanding of our responsibilities and accountabilities in delivering statutory obligations (FSANZ Corporate Plan 2003-2006).

Highlights

  • Development of a new Four Year Financial Plan.
  • Enhancement of financial reports.
  • Implementation of quarterly financial and performance reporting.
  • Development of the FSANZ Strategic Plan 2005-2006.

Performance

Our performance in meeting Our Accountability goals is measured by

  • the level of compliance with external reporting requirements, including departmental financial reporting;
  • the extent to which our management reporting and planning processes track progress against agency priorities;
  • the level of cooperation between ourselves and our jurisdictional partners;
  • stakeholder response to our Strategic Review;
  • the effectiveness of our strategic issues management; and
  • the extent to which staff performance agreements are directly linked to corporate priorities.

 

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