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Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation

Publication of Requests for a Review of Draft Food Standards

The Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) is primarily responsible for the development of domestic food regulatory policy and the development of policy guidelines for setting domestic food standards.

After Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) notifies the Forum of a draft standard or draft variation to the Australia and New Zealand Food Standards Code, the Forum has the capacity to adopt, amend or reject the standard or to request that the standard be reviewed. A review may be requested if the majority of jurisdictions consider that one or more of the following criteria applies to the standard:

• It is not consistent with existing policy guidelines set by the Forum;
• It is not consistent with the objectives of the legislation which establishes FSANZ;
• It does not protect public health and safety;
• It does not promote consistency between domestic and international food standards where these are at variance;
• It does not provide adequate information to enable informed choice;
• It is difficult to enforce or comply with in both practical or resource terms;
• It places an unreasonable cost burden on industry or consumers.

Notifications of a request for a review of a draft standard or draft variation to a standard are published below:
7 December 2012
Notice of Publication of request for review of A1039 (PDF 121 KB)
Notice of Publication of request for review of A1039 (Word 30 KB)

1 June 2012
Notice of Publication of request for review of P1011 (PDF 12 KB)

19 November 2009
Notice of Publication of request for review of A1015 (PDF 20 KB)

27 February 2009
Notice of Publication of request for review of A577, A614, A615 (PDF 72KB)
Notice of Publication of request for review of A577, A614, A615 (Word 51KB)

28 November 2008
Notice of publication of request review of P1002

24 October 2008
Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council
24 October 2008

26 September 2008
Notice of publication of request for review of A552
Notice of publication of request for review of A594
Notice of publication of request for review of P306

13 August 2008
Notice for publication of request for a review of A595

20 June 2008
Notice of publication of request for review of P293

26 May 2008
Notice of publication of request for review of A589

25 February 2008
Notice of publication of request for review of P272
Notice of publication of request for review of A592

17 December 2007
Notice of publication of request for review of A580