Standards Australia

Several countries (Cyprus, Estonia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe) have adopted the WHO GMP guidelines (25) as their statutory GMP standards. Australia has its own GMP guidelines. Malaysia uses the GMP guidelines of the ASEAN (26). The Netherlands has adopted the European Union guidelines on GMP inspection (27). The majority of the countries have also developed SOPs for their inspectors, as indicated in Table 7.1. Australia, Cuba, Cyprus, Malaysia, Uganda and Venezuela have not developed guidelines for GDP. 

Technical report series no. 21 (June 2003) Erucic acid in food-A toxicological review and risk assessment Food Standards, Australia, New Zealand. 

ASS/ANZ HB. Control of Microbial Growth in Air-Handling and Water Systems of Buildings. Published jointly by Standards Australia/Standaids New Zealand, New Zealand, 1995. 

Food Standards Australia New Zealand, http //www.foodstandards.gov.au/. 

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) Standards Code 4.5.1 Access from http //www.foodstandards.gov.au/foodstandards/foodstandardscode/. 

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is a joint agency of Australia and New Zealand. It is a statutory authority that develops food standards for composition, labelling and contaminants, including microbiological limits, that apply to all foods produced or imported for sale in Australia and New Zealand. 

Standards Australia [23] has established AS/NZS ISO 14021 2000, Environmental Labels and Declarations - Self-Declared Environmental Claims (type II environmental labelling). This Standard is an adoption with national modifications of ISO 14021 1999 and it specifies requirements applying to the development of environmental claims, expressed in either words or symbols, about products and services. The objective of the standard is to harmonise the various national guidelines on environmental claims used on product labels and in marketing generally, in order to facilitate trade in the global marketplace and to improve consumer confidence in environmental claims. 

Australia AU Standards Australia Strathfield NSW 2135 Yes 10 years Quality Assurance Services Strathfield NSW 2135 ITACS International Testing and Certification Services Bowden S A 5007 TestSafe Australia... 

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (2005) Ohne Autorenangabe cyanogenic glycosides in cassava and bamboo shoots - a human health risk assessment. Technical Report Series No. 28, ISBN 0 642 34551 1. 

ANON (1990) Recommended practice for chemical analysis by ion chromatography. Australian Standard AS 3741. Standards Australia, Sydney. 

Australian Standard 1668.2-1992 (1992) The use of mechanical ventilation and air conditioning in buildings. Part 2 Mechanical ventilation for acceptable indoor air quality. Standards Australia. 

CERTIFIED SUPPLIER An Approved Supplier who has been formally audited by the purchaser and who meets AS3901 or 3902 requirements and is so certified by Standards Australia (see also Approved Supplier). 

It should be noted that the voluntary program of bread fortification in Tasmania was introduced as an interim measure only. As a result of the re-emergence of iodine deficiency in Austrafia (Gunton et al., 1999 Li et al., 2001, McDonnell et al., 2003, Hynes et al., 2004) and in New Zealand (Thomson et al., 2001, Skeaff et al., 2002, 2003) mandatory fortification of bread with iodized salt is presently being considered by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) (2007). 

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand. (May, 2007). Proposal P230 Consideration of Mandatory Fortification with Iodine. Key Issues for Consideration at Final Assessment. Gibson, H.B. (1995). Surveillance of Iodine Deficiency Disorders in Tasmania 1949—1984. Department of Health Services, Hobart, Tasmania. 

Standards Code is not a simple process it requires the preparation of three assessment reports and two rounds of public consultation by Food Standard Australia New Zealand. The Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council is then notified of the final report, which they can choose to adopt, amend, reject, or may request for a review. Now that the new food standard has been accepted, the regulation comes into effect after a set transition period (usually 12 months). Mandatory iodine fortification will be in place more than 10 years after the re-emergence of iodine deficiency in New Zealand was identified. 

FSANZ. (2006). Proposal P230 consideration of mandatory fortification with iodine. Canberra, Australia Wellington, New Zealand, Food Standards Australia New Zealand. 

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (2003) Acidified sodium chlorite as a processing aid, final assessment report. Food Standards Australia New Zealand, 8 October (Application... 

Cantox Health Sciences International, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Canberra, Australia Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA... 

Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Canberra, ACT, Australia Department of Pathology, Siebens-Drake Medical Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada... 

Stokes, N (1998), The Glass and Glazing Handbook, Standards Australia, Australia, pp. 33-56... 

Australia Standard (2005) AS 1530.4. Methods for Fire Tests on Building Materials, Components and Structures—Part 4 Fire-Resistance test of Elements of Construction, Standards Australia, Sydney. 

Natural glutamate content of different food Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) A safety assessment. Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Technical Report Series No. 20., June 2003 http // www.foodstandards.gov.au/scienceandeducation/publications/technicalreportseriel338.cfm (last access February 25,2014). 

AS 1141.4. 2000. Methods for sampling and testing aggregates - Bulk density of aggregate. Standards Australia. Sydney Standards Australia Ltd. 

AS/NZS 2004. Risk Management Standard, AS/NZS 4360 2004. Jointly published by Standards Australia International Ltd, Sydney Standards New Zealand, Wellington. 

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