Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ, formally ANZFA) is the governmental body responsible for developing food standards for Australia and New Zealand.

FSANZ develops food standards after consulting with other government agencies and stakeholders. The recommendations made by the body are open and accountable, and based upon a rigorous scientific assessment of risk to public health and safety.

All decisions made by FSANZ must be approved by the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council, which is composed of the Health Minister from each of the Australian states and territories, and the Health Minister from New Zealand. This may lead to political interference in the decision, for example the decision made over hemp seed, when the Food Standards scientists recommended that hemp seed be allowed for sale, but the ministers vetoed this because they didn't want to appear soft on drugs. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: it is patent nonsense. ...

Publications from FSANZ include the Australian Total Diet Survey and Shoppers' Guide to Food Additives and labels. The Australian Total Diet Survey, formerly known as the Australian Market Basket Survey, is a comprehensive assessment of consumers dietary exposure (intake) to pesticide residues, contaminants and other substances. ...

See also

• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
• Food safety
• List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities

The ACCC Logo The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is an independent Australian commonwealth government authority established in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Australian Trade Practices Commission (TPC) and the Prices Surveillance Authority, to protect consumer rights, business rights and obligations, perform industry regulation and price monitoring and... Food safety is a scientific discipline describing the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent Foodborne illness. ... This is a list of Australian Commonwealth Government departments, bureaus, authorities and commissions. ...

External links

• Food Standards Australia New Zealand (Australian Government site)
• Organizational structure of FSANZ
• New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZ Government site)