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2020 Key Foods analytical program
2020 Key Foods analytical program In 2020, FSANZ undertook an analytical program to update and expand our food composition data holdings. Fifteen foods were selected for nutrient analysis for which we hold no data, or the data we do hold is out-dated and may no longer reflect the products available for consumption. The nutrients selected to be analysed differed for each food depending on what data was available, the quality of the data, and whether the nutrient was likely to be present in the food. Sampling Eight samples were purchased for each food. The foods were sampled across five states and territories (Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia) to provide a range of production locations. For some samples, multiple…
Published 1 March 2022
Legal information
Legal information (January 2022) Disclaimer FSANZ makes food composition data available for the benefit of the public and on the understanding that you will exercise your own skill, care and judgment with respect to its use and you will carefully evaluate the accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance of the material for your purposes. The food composition data is made available only for the purposes of providing nutrient data and ancillary material to users. FSANZ has taken great care to ensure the material provided in the food composition database is as correct and accurate as possible at the time of publication. However, FSANZ makes no warranty that the material contained in the food composition database will be free from error, or if used will ensure compliance…
Published 28 January 2022
Food safety standards - temperature control requirements
Food safety standards - temperature control requirements Chapter 3 (Australia Only), Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code NOTE: The Food Safety Standards do not apply in New Zealand. The provisions of the food standards treaty between Australia and New Zealand do not include food hygiene standards. Standard 3.2.2 Food Safety Practices and General Requirements sets out specific requirements for keeping potentially hazardous food at specified temperatures and for cooling and reheating. Food businesses must comply with these requirements unless they can show that they have a safe alternative system in place to ensure that food stays safe to eat. Which foods have to be kept under temperature control? Potentially hazardous foods must be kept under temperature control.…
Published 11 February 2016
Health and hygiene responsibilities of food businesses
Health and hygiene responsibilities of food businesses Food Safety Standards - Health and hygiene: Responsibilities of food businessesChapter 3 (Australia only) Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code NOTE: The Food Safety Standards do not apply in New Zealand. The provisions of the food standards treaty between Australia and New Zealand do not include food hygiene standards. Under Food Safety Standard 3.2.2 Food Safety Practices and General Requirements food businesses are expected to ensure, as far as they can, that their food handlers and anyone else on the premises do not contaminate food. Food businesses also have specific responsibilities relating to the health of people who handle food, the provision of hand washing facilities, telling food handlers of their health and…
Published 21 October 2021
Thermometers and using them with potentially hazardous food
Thermometers and using them with potentially hazardous food Chapter 3 (Australia only) Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code NOTE: The Food Safety Standards do not apply in New Zealand. The provisions of the food standards treaty between Australia and New Zealand do not include food hygiene standards. Who needs a thermometer? If your food business stores, transports, prepares, cooks or sells potentially hazardous food, then you must have a thermometer so you can measure the temperature of this food. Potentially hazardous food includes food that contains meat, fish, dairy products and eggs. It also includes cooked rice and pasta. The thermometer must be kept at your food premises. If you have several premises, you will need a thermometer at each place. …
Published 11 February 2016
Glyphosate
Glyphosate (August 2019) Key points
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is aware of recent international concerns about the use of glyphosate.
- Glyphosate is a herbicide which is widely used in Australia and many other countries to control weeds.
- The Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) regulates the use of glyphosate.
- The APVMA, in collaboration with FSANZ, sets Maximum Residue Limits for pesticides, including glyphosate, to limit the level of residue that can be legally present in Australian and imported foods.
- We undertake routine monitoring of glyphosate and other agricultural chemicals in the food supply as part of the…
Published 24 February 2021
P1050 - Pregnancy warning labels on alcoholic beverages
P1050 - Pregnancy warning labels on alcoholic beverages July 2020 The Australian and New Zealand governments advise women not to consume alcohol during pregnancy. On 17 July 2020, Minister's responsible for food regulation (the Forum) accepted a proposed draft standard for pregnancy warning labels. In making its decision, the Forum confirmed its ongoing commitment to mandatory pregnancy warning labels on alcohol to ensure women are appropriately informed about the advice to not consume alcohol while pregnant. See the Forum communique here. On 31 July 2020, the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code was amended to include new requirements for pregnancy warning labels on packaged alcoholic…
Published 24 September 2022
Amendment 157
Amendment 157 Download: Amendment No. 157 (pdf 626 kb)| (word 157 kb) Amendment No. 157 contains amendments to the following Standards in the current Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code and the revised Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code which commences on 1 March 2016. Please note that compilations for the revised code will not be registered on ComLaw until just before 1 March 2016. To assist stakeholders until the…
Published 3 September 2015
Preventing spread of COVID-19 and other contagious diseases
Preventing spread of COVID-19 and other contagious diseases The Food Standards Code requires food businesses to take all practicable steps to prevent contamination of their food service or processing environment. The best ways to prevent the spread of contagious diseases such as COVID-19 or foodborne illnesses are for everyone to maintain effective hygiene practices. Effective hygiene Maintaining effective hygiene includes:
- regular handwashing
- cleaning and sanitising facilities and equipment
- maintaining strict requirements around worker health and hygiene.
Published 30 September 2025
How much sodium do Australians eat?
How much sodium do Australians eat? FSANZ estimates that Australians aged two years and older eat an average of 2,150 mg of sodium per day from an average of 5,500 mg of salt (5.5 g). About 80 per cent of this would be from processed foods and 20 per cent from salt used at the table or in home cooking. This estimate of sodium intake from salt does not include the smaller amounts of sodium coming from naturally occurring sodium or sodium-containing food additives. Because this is an average, there will be a lot of Australians who eat more than this and more than the recommended maximum intakes. Read more about sodium and salt Foods that contribute the most to Australians' salt consumption are bread and bread rolls, meat, poultry and game products, including processed meat, and cereal products…
Published 10 June 2015