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Gifts and benefits register

Gifts and benefits register ​​In the course of official duties, officials of Food Standards Australia New Zealand received the following gifts and/or benefits where the value exceeds the stipulated threshold of $A100 (excluding GST). Reporting period ​Date received ​Date recorded ​​G​ift item, benefit or service Received by​ ​Presented by ​Occasion Estimated value in $A* Apr 2025 -Jun 2025​​​​ 1-3 Apr 2025 14 Apr 2025 Travel for international expert meeting (flights, accommodation, travel allowance) Zoe Morosini FAO Food Safety Foresight Framework meeting ~$790 AUD accommodation unknown Jan 2025 - Mar 2025​​​​ - - - - - - - Oct 2024 - Dec 2024 21-22 Nov 2024 5 Dec 2024…

Published 29 April 2021

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.
Everyone in the community has an obligation to stay home while they have any symptoms such as fever or coughing. Businesses have the right to refuse service and insist that anyone with these symptoms leaves…

Published 22 May 2025

Notification Circular 31-16

Notification Circular 31-16   13 December 2016 [31-16] This Notification Circular includes notices that are required to be given to the public, submitters and appropriate government agencies, under the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (FSANZ Act). For information about progress on all current applications and proposals, including anticipated consultation opportunities, see the FSANZ Food Standards Development Work Plan. New applications and proposals General procedure   FSANZ has completed an administrative assessment and prepared the following Application. An opportunity to comment will be available at a later date which will be publicly notified.

Notification Circular 08-17

Notification Circular 08-17 23 March 2017 [08-17] This Notification Circular includes notices that are required to be given to the public, submitters and appropriate government agencies, under the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (FSANZ Act). For information about progress on all current applications and proposals, including anticipated consultation opportunities, see the FSANZ Food Standards Development Work Plan. Approval and Forum notification FSANZ has approved variations arising from the following Applications. FSANZ has notified these approvals to the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (Forum):

Proposal P1057 - Review of the kava standard

Proposal P1057 - Review of the kava standard Reaffirmation of variation (Approval report)  Approval report - 20 March 2023 (pdf 446 kb) Supporting document 3 - Labelling assessment (at approval) (pdf 220 kb) Public call for submissions 12-month review of the kava standard Call for submissions - 6 October 2022 (pdf 281 kb)

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    Published 21 March 2023

Australian Branded Food Database

Australian Branded Food Database We're developing a database of branded food products sold in Australia. The Branded Food Database will provide a central source of brand-specific information to support our standards development work and development and monitoring of Australian Government public health policy and nutrition initiatives. We also aim to publish a subset of branded food data to help people make informed decisions about the foods and beverages they buy. Over time, we hope to link the database with other datasets to provide a more comprehensive picture of food and nutrient consumption patterns in the Australian population. The database The Branded Food Database is a three-part system that will deliver secure, integrated data collection, storage, analysis, publication and…

Published 30 March 2023

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

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

Listeria Recall Guidelines for Ready-to-eat foods

Listeria Recall Guidelines for Ready-to-eat foods (2001 edition - minor updates July 2012) These guidelines for packaged ready-to-eat foods found to contain Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) were developed in response to the need for a national approach for determining when ready-to-eat packaged products available for sale at retail level have an unacceptable level of contamination and should be recalled. Similar guidelines exist in the UK, Canada, Denmark and the EU. Purpose These guidelines have been prepared to help state and territory health authorities determine when the presence/level of L. monocytogenes in packaged ready-to-eat foods presents a risk to public health, which may warrant recall action. A decision to recall should only be made after full consultation with the relevant state or territory health…

Published 21 May 2013