Communiqués
Australia New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council
The Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council comprises health and agriculture ministers, from Australia and New Zealand, together with ALGA. The Council is primarily responsible for the development of domestic food regulatory policy and the development of policy guidelines for setting domestic food standards.
- Food Ministers agree to a strategic vision for Australian and New Zealand food regulation system
- 02 May 2008, Melbourne
Health warnings on packaged alcohol a draft standard on nutrition, health and related claims were among the issues discussed at the 11th meeting of Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council) held in Melbourne today, chaired by Senator Jan McLucas, Commonwealth Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing. - Food Ministers Protect Public Health and Support Industry Innovation
- 04 May 2007, Brisbane
The tenth meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council was held in Brisbane today, chaired by Brett Mason, Parliamentary Secretary to the Australian Government Minister for Health and Ageing. - Regulation of residues of agricultural and veterinary chemicals in food
- 10 October 2006, Sydney
The Ministerial Council has agreed to a policy guideline on regulation of low level from agricultural and veterinary chemicals in Food. This policy guideline will be forwarded to Food Standards Australia New Zealand for considering alternative approaches to the zero tolerance approach to the regulation of residues of agricultural and veterinary chemicals food. - Food Ministers protect public health, support industry innovation
- 5 May 2006, Melbourne
The Ministerial Council today considered the report from Food Standards Australia New Zealand on this feasibility study. The study found that the cost of the proposed extension to CoOL would exceed the benefits from its implementation and would not be in the overall interest of Australia. Furthermore it was found that it would harm the horticultural industry, the horticultural processing industry and exports, and the domestic industry would also be harmed in favour of imports of finished products. - Nutrition, health and related claims
- 31 March 2005, Adelaide
The Ministerial Council did not alter its previous decision to regulate biomarker maintenance claims as high level claims. This means that biomarker maintenance claims will be subject to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) assessment and approval prior to their use in the market place. A New South Wales proposal for a streamlined process for considering biomarker maintenance claims will be considered as background information during a review of FSANZ Assessment and Approval Processes. - Policy guidelines for food management
- 12 December 2003, Auckland
Ministers agreed that food safety programs, in highest risk sectors, be made mandatory in Australia and adopted policy guidelines developed by the Ministerial Council to improve food safety management in Australia. These principles include overarching recommendations on which food business sectors should develop and implement mandatory food safety programs. - Food ministers agree to a range of policy initiatives
- 4 April 2003, Sydney
The Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council met in Sydney today. This was the first face to face meeting of the newly expanded Ministerial Council. As the body responsible for food policy development in Australia and New Zealand, it made a number of important policy decisions.
