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Plans for new food agency discussed in Victoria

Plans for new food agency discussed in Victoria

Plans to establish a single food safety regulator have been debated by members of parliament in an Australian state with several amendments put forward.

The Safe Food Victoria Bill 2026 would abolish existing agencies Dairy Food Safety Victoria and PrimeSafe, replacing them with a new regulator called Safe Food Victoria that will report to the Minister for Agriculture. 

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