. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/AUS/195 
23 March 2006 
 (06-1317) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Milk and milk products at the primary production level  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries, imported as  well as domestically produ ced foods sold in Australia.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Assessment for 
Proposal P296 – Primary Pr oduction and Processing Standard  for Dairy (Available in 
English, 564 pages).  
6. Description of content:   
The Draft Assessment Report for the Dairy Primary Production and Processing contains a 
scientific evaluation of the safety of milk and milk products, options for the management of 
milk and milk product safety and a draft Standard proposed for incorporation into the 
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code .  
The Draft Standard requires a milk primary production business, a milk transport business 
and a milk processing business to have a documented food safety system. 
This standard essentially proposes consolidati on of existing regulatory measures into a 
single set of preventative, outcome-based national requirements that support the safe 
production of milk.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
All proposals to change the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code , must be assessed 
in the context of the following objectives:  (a) th e protection of public health and safety; (b) 
the provision of adequate information relati ng to food to enable consumers to make 
informed choices; and (c) the preven tion of misleading or deceptive conduct.  G/SPS/N/AUS/195 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Australia New 
Zealand Food Standards Code  (English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Notification to Government anticipated October 2006 with 
adoption (gazettal) to follow, pending Government consideration.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  2 months after gazettal, pending Government 
consideration (see 10. above).  
12. Final date for comments:  15 May 2006  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Food Standards Aust ralia New Zealand 
PO Box 7186 Canberra BC  ACT  2610 Australia 
Fax:  + 61 2 6271 2278 
E-mail:  slo@foodstandards.gov.au
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Documents are available fro m the Food Standards Austra lia New Zealand website: 
www.foodstandards.gov.au/standardsdevelopment . 
Copies are also available from: 
 
The Australian SPS Notification Point GPO Box 858 CANBERRA  ACT  2601 AUSTRALIA 
Fax:  +61 2 6272 3678 
E-mail:  sps.contact@daff.gov.au