G/SPS/N/AUS/342  
 
15 July 2014  
(14-4039)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: AUSTRALIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Foods sold in Australia (both imported and domestically 
produced) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: 2nd call for submissions for Proposal P1025 Code 
Revision  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 921 
6. Description of content: The Proposal seeks to modernise how the Australia New 
Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) is presented to create an instrument that 
better meets the needs of a very broad range of stakeholders in industry, commerce and 
enforcement and improves the Codes efficacy. For example: 
 It more clearly presents requirements that impose an obligation in relation to the 
conduct of a food business or the sale of f ood, or relating to the composition of food 
or labelling; 
 Other changes modify or add definitions and alter the structure of the Code to 
improve navigation or to address problems of expression; 
 Compositional requirements that combined definitional and requirement elements 
have been revised to separate the elements; 
 There is a greater reliance on definitions already present in the food acts of 
Australia's states and territories. 
The Proposal will not significantly alter the effect of current provisions that impose 
requirements or obligations. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    G/SPS/N/AUS/342 
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : FSANZ Board approval anticipated 
December 2014. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Notification to Government anticipated 
February 2015 with gazettal/registration of legislative instruments to follow, in 
April 2015, pending Government consideration. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Six months period after gazettal pending Government 
consideration (see 10. above). 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 September 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 
PO Box 7186 Canberra BC  ACT  2610 
Australia 
E-mail: standards.management@foodstandards.gov.au 
Assessment summary and draft Code available (in English) from FSANZ website at 
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/pr oposals/Pages/proposalp1025coderev5755.as
px. 
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The assessment summary and draft Code are available (in English) from FSANZ website 
at 
http://www.foodstandards.govt.nz/code/pro posals/Pages/proposalp1025coderev5755.as
px. 
Copies are also available from: 
The Australian SPS Notification Point 
GPO Box 858 Canberra  ACT  2601 Australia 
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au