. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/AUS/183 
16 June 2005 
 (05-2555) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Manufactured and fermented meats 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
Countries.  Imported (as well as domestica lly produced) foods sold in Australia.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Assessment Report 
for Proposal P289 – Food Safety Programs for th e Producers of Manufac tured and Fermented 
Meats (44 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Assessment Report outlines  the application of Ministerial 
Guidelines for  the implementation of food safety programs to producers of manufactured and fermented meats.  The draft Standard proposes businesses involved in the  making, 
manufacturing, producing, extracting, processing,  preparing, treating, preserving, packing, 
cooking, thawing and/or handling of ready-to -eat meats to systematically examine and 
document all of their operations (including id entifying food safety hazards and controls, 
and compliance with specific requirements) in a documented food safety management system. 
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 
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 September 2005 with 
adoption (gazettal) to follow, pending Government consideration. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Two (2) years after gazettal pending Government 
consideration (see 10. above). G/SPS/N/AUS/183 
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 12. Final date for comments:  1 August 2005 
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:  info@foodstandards.gov.au
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Documents are available from the Food Stan dards Australia 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 
Email:  sps.contact@daff.gov.au