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Guide to the Report

Additional information

Chief Executive Officer’s Review

     The year in retrospect
     Outcomes and expectations

Corporate Overview

     Highlights 2006-07
     Who we are
          How we’re organised
          How we develop food standards
     Summary of financial performance

Priorities and Performance 2006-07

Priority areas
Performance measures

Our Regulatory Measures

Objectives
Performance
Highlights
Overview
          Applications and Proposals gazetted 1 July 2006 – 30 June 2007
New procedures for amending the Code
Food standards development
Ministerial Council Policy Guidelines notified to FSANZ 2006-07
Standards Development Work Plan                       
Ministerial Council reviews
FSANZ reviews of food standards
Foods and food ingredients requiring pre-market approval
Fortified and functional foods
Food labelling
Food standards for the primary industries
Public health and food safety standards

Improving the standards development process
          Our scientific capability
          FSANZ’s risk analysis model
          Work plan prioritisation
          Maximum residue limits (MRL's)

Managing public health issues
          Emerging issue
          Food incidents and food recalls

Monitoring and evaluating hazards

Strengthening our evidence base
          Biological evidence base
          Social and consumer research
          Evaluations
          International networks

Our Stakeholders

Objectives
Performance
Highlights

Overview
          Survey of  external committee members

Community involvement

Stakeholders and regulatory partners
          Partnerships with other national agencies
          Relationships in the Asia-Pacific region

Communication
          Media and information services
          Education and information campaigns

Our People and Organisational Capability

Objectives
Performance
Highlights
Overview                 
Organisational capability and capacity
          Staff forum
          Attraction, development and retention of a skilled workforce

Encouraging a rewarding work environment
          Conditions of employment
          Rewards and recognition

Organisational structure

Our Accountability

Objectives
Performance
Highlights
Overview
Our roles and priorities
Accountability to stakeholders
          Regulatory partnerships
Corporate governance arrangements
          Government and Parliament
          FSANZ Board             
          Business planning and management
          Systems and processes

Appendices

Appendix 1    – Finalised projects 1 July 2006 – 30 June 2007
Appendix 2    – Applications and Proposals processed
Appendix 3    – FSANZ processes for assessing Applications
Appendix 4    – Outcomes and outputs structure
Appendix 5    – Financial statements [  pdf   ]
Appendix 6    – Functions and powers
Appendix 7    – Current publications
Appendix 8    – Categories of documents held
Appendix 9    – Consultants
Appendix 10 – FSANZ representation
Appendix 11 – FSANZ Board members

Acronyms and Abbreviations

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