Food regulation affects everybody. The Food Regulation System in Australia and New Zealand benefits from the continued participation of all stakeholders. By working together, we can achieve the most effective and efficient system and continue to have a safe, clean food supply. Stakeholders of the Food Regulation System include the food industry, consumers, and public health professionals.

Each State has adopted a different approach to achieving consistency in the seamless regulation of food, using models that differ in their combination of services and portfolio responsibilities. Some of the partners we work with are:

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)

Food Standards Australia New Zealand are a bi-national Government agency. Their 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.

Enforcement and Interpretation of the Code is the responsibility of State/Territory Health Departments within Australia and New Zealand. For more information click here

Queensland Health

Queensland Health is the lead agency for food safety in the manufacturing, retail and food service sectors, including issues relating to food composition and labelling. It is also responsible for statewide health promotion planning, implementation and evaluation to address priority public health issues including nutrition and related issues.

Local government have responsibilities delegated under the Food Act for things such as licensing and inspection of food businesses (focus on businesses whose trade does not extend outside their boundary or retail). For more information click here

Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPI&F)

Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPI&F) is responsible for the sustainable economic development of the state´s primary industries and fisheries.

QPI&F's vision is of 'profitable primary industries for Queensland', and supports strategic industry development at all stages of the industry life cycle and throughout the entire value chain from production to consumption. QPIF's mission is 'to maximise the economic potential for Queensland's primary industries on a sustainable basis'. For more information click here