Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is planning to review food safety standards.
FSANZ is reviewing two chapters of the Food Standards Code to ensure a “consistent and up-to-date” approach to food safety management in Australia.
The agency is accepting comments on the proposed scope and approach to the review
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A woman who lived into her 90s in the Australian province of New South Wales (NSW) has become the sixth fatality in a rockmelon-caused listeriosis outbreak. With her death, the outbreak’s fatality rate is approaching 32 percent.
Rockmelons, or what we call cantaloupes in North America, are again being sold
Continue Reading Timeline on Australian listeriosis outbreak has yet to expire
The Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) agency is accepting submissions through June 3, 2016 on a proposal to create an “all other foods” maximum residue limit for some agricultural chemicals. 
FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Steve McCutcheon said maximum residue limits are currently set for chemicals and specific commodities. “This
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Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is accepting comments and suggestions that it calls “submissions” until March 4 at 6 p.m. Canberra time on planned changes for country of origin labeling rules. The changes are unlikely to generate the sort of controversy that was experienced in the United States when
Continue Reading Comment now on country of origin labeling requirements Down Under
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) came out Thursday, Oct. 22, with an annual report for 2014-15 including details on food safety activities for the two Down Under nations, which share a common Food Standards Code. Under the Australia New Zealand Food Code, FSANZ is charged with regulating and managing
Continue Reading Report From Down Under Shows Listeria Caused Most Food Recalls
Food safety standards with obligations for Australian food businesses to produce food that is safe and suitable to eat are undergoing a couple of changes, according to Food Standards for Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ). FSANZ is reviewing the new version of Safe Food Australia because of changes involving
Continue Reading Review of Safe Food Australia Standards Extended Through Sept. 18
