Welcome to Food Standards Australia New Zealand

We are a bi-national Government agency. Our main responsibility is to develop and administer the ‘Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code’  (the Code), which lists requirements for foods such as additives, food safety, labelling and GM foods. Enforcing and Interpreting the Code is the responsibility of State/Territory Health Departments within Australia and New Zealand. Our Mission is to provide a safe food supply and have well-informed consumers.  [ continued....   ]   

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What's New

• Fact sheet: Update - Impact of Austrian reproduction study on the safety of GM corn lines MON810 and NK603
• Food Standards News 67 Summer
• Food Surveillance News - Summer 2008
• Media Release:Australian children consume low levels of food colours ( 11 December 2008)
• What's new in publications
• Documents for public comment (as at 11 November 2008)