Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations
Imported Food Control Regulations 1993
1 Regulation 3 (definition of particular source )
Omit "maufacturer", substitute "manufacturer".
2 Regulation 9
Repeal the regulation, substitute:
9 Food that may be classified as risk food
Food of a particular kind may be classified as risk food if, on being consulted as required under section 17 of the Act, Food Standards Australia New Zealand advises the Minister that the food has the potential to pose a high or medium risk to public health.
3 Paragraph 17(3)(b)
Omit "public health", substitute "human health".
4 After subregulation 17(3)
Insert:
(3A) The rate of inspection of food may be lowered from the normal rate or the tightened rate to the reduced rate when:
(a) there are reasonable grounds for believing that food of that kind from that source:
(i) complies with the applicable standards; and
(ii) does not pose a risk to human health; and
(b) if the previous rate was the normal rate because it had been raised under subregulation (5), or the tightened rate because it had been raised under subregulation (4) or (6)--5 consecutive batches of that food pass inspection.
Note: See regulation 17A for a circumstance in which there are reasonable grounds for the belief mentioned in paragraph (a).
5 Subregulation 17(5)
After "the normal rate", insert "when".
6 Subparagraph 17(6)(b)(ii)
Omit "public health", substitute "human health".
7 After regulation 17
Insert:
17A Systems recognition arrangements
Without limiting paragraph 17(3A)(a), there are taken to be reasonable grounds for the belief mentioned in that paragraph if that kind of food, from that source, is covered by a written arrangement that is:
(a) in force between the Department and an instrumentality of a government of a foreign country; and
(b) based on an assessment of the food safety systems of Australia and the foreign country that concluded:
(i) that Australia and the foreign country have equivalent food safety systems; and
(ii) that the Department and the instrumentality conduct equivalent monitoring of the food they regulate.