ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010

Appendix 7 – Current publications

General publications

All publications are available from the FSANZ website, www.foodstandards.gov.au, and limited hard copies of certain publications are available from the Information Officer.

Please note that the hard copy of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code and User Guides are available from Anstat Pty Ltd at http://www.anstat.com.au/legislation/ or on 03 9278 1144.

Title Description

Annual Report A report to the Australian Parliament on FSANZ’s activities for the year. Annual publication.

AUSNUT Australian Food and Nutrient Database. AUSNUT is FSANZ’s first ever data release onCD Rom. The AUSNUT CD contains a set of 7 inter-related data files and explanatory notes that contain a wealth of descriptive and numerical data on the food and nutrient composition of Australian foods. First published 1999. Contact the Information Officer for more information.

Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code This document contains food standards (regulations) that apply to food businesses in Australia and New Zealand. Compliance with the standards is mandatory. Available in loose-leaf form by subscription from Anstat and from website free-of-charge.

Australian Total Diet Study This study monitors pesticide and contaminant (formerly the Australian Market Basket Survey) residues present in food and estimates their intake in the diets of Australians. FSANZ uses this information when developing food standards. 19th ATDS published April 2001. 20th ATDS published January 2003. 21st ATDS Latest edition released August 2005.

Choosing the Right Stuff - the official shoppers’ guide Available from Murdoch Books or from major to food additives and labels, kilojoules and fat content. booksellers, newsagents or supermarkets May 2007.

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Title Description

Corporate Plan The corporate plan sets out FSANZ’s strategic directions over a three-year period. Latest edition 2009-2012. Printed August 2009.

Food Industry Recall Protocol This booklet is a step-by-step guide to carrying out food recalls. It explains what must be done when food products have to be recalled from shops or consumers for health and safety reasons. First published June 1994. Latest edition 5th September 2002 and print rerun June 2004, September 2008.

Food labels: What do they mean? A full colour A2 poster explaining the changes to food (Poster) labels. First published October 2001. Print reruns 2002, 2003, 2004. Updated 2007. Currently being updated.

Food Standards News A quarterly newsletter about the key issues and significant projects undertaken by FSANZ. First published as ANZFA News May 1998. Published as Food Standards News from Feb 2001. Available by email and website.

Food Surveillance News A quarterly publication co-coordinating microbiological and other food safety studies from the States and Territories. First published Spring 2001. Available by email and website.

GM Foods FSANZ’s safety assessment process for genetically modified foods. R eplaces previous publication ‘GM foods and the Consumer’ (2000). Published June 2005; released August 2005.

Listeria and Food brochure. An easy-to-read brochure which explains how to reduce the risk of contracting the Listeria infection – specifically advice for people at risk – pregnant women, their unborn and newborn children, older people (65 years and older), or the immuno- compromised. The brochure sets out foods which are safe and those at ‘higher risk’ of Listeria contamination. This brochure replaces the Listeria and Pregnancy brochure released in June 2001. Printed July 2004 Reprinted June 2005. Available from the website only.

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Title Description

Mercury in Fish brochure and fact sheet Mercury in fish brochure contains information on the recommended portions of fish that should be consumed by various sectors of the population. Further Information fact sheet also provides more detailed information on the consumption of certain species of fish. Published March 2004. Available from the website only.

NUTTAB NUTTAB 2006 is an updated food composition publication containing data on the nutrient content of foods available in Australia.

Nutrition information panel calculator A database to allow industry to calculate NIPs Released August 2001.

The Analysis of Food-Related Health Risks Publication providing information on the risk analysis process used by FSANZ to identify, assess and manage food-related health risks within a structured framework. February 2009.

Safe Food Australia 2nd Edition January 2001 This book contains Chapter 3 of the Australia New (A Guide to the Food Safety Standards) Zealand Food Standards Code (Applies to Australia only). The guide had been prepared to assist with the interpretation of three of the food safety standards in Chapter 3 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. They are: 3.1.1 Interpretation and Application; 3.2.2 Food Safety Practices and General requirements; 3.2.3 Food Premises and Equipment Available from Anstat at cost and from the website free-of-charge.

Science Strategy 2010 -15 Published 2010.

Thinking about having a baby? Important things you need to know about what you eat and drink

Fact Sheets 2009/10 Safety of Chemical Residues in Fact sheets on food issues relevant to the year. Food (June 2010) Available on website only. Caffeine (June 2010) Reformulated Bonsoy soy milk without kombu seaweed to return to shelves (April 2010) Update: Austrian government retracts conclusions reported in a long term reproduction study on GM corn lines MON810 and NK603 (April 2010) Raw Chicken Meat Microbiological Survey – summary of results (March 2010)

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Title Description

Acrylamide and food (March 2010) Fact sheets on food issues relevant to the year. Available on website only. Plant sterols (January 2010) Bisphenol A (BPA) and food packaging (19 January 2010) Bisphenol A (BPA) and food packaging (January 2010) Bonsoy Soy Milk recall (24 December 2009) FSANZ response to Seralini et al ( December 2009) Egg Situation report December 2009 Primary production and processing requirements for raw milk products: Public comment invited (16 December 2009) Check out the new redesigned FSANZ website (9 December 2009) Plant sterols (November 09) Semi-dried Tomatoes/Hepatitis A (November 2009) Nutrition Claims (October 2009) Health advisory labels on alcoholic beverages (September 2009) Choosing healthier fats and oils (September 2009) Palm oil and food (September 2009) National food safety standard for meat (September 2009) FSANZ looks forward to improved egg safety (September 2009) Mandatory folic acid fortification and health outcomes (September 09) How much salt and sodium are we eating - further information (September 2009) H1N1 Influenza 09 (Human Swine Influenza) and Food (August 09 ) FSANZ reaffirms its risk assessment of genetically modified corn MON 863 (July 2009) Voluntary addition of fluoride to bottled water (July 2009) Iodine sensitivities and mandatory fortification (July 2009) Mandatory Iodine Fortification (July 2009) Mandatory folic acid fortification in Australia (July 2009) Aspartame (2009)

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Scientific publications

FSANZ staff member Journal Topic

Judy Cunningham Food Chemistry Nutrient composition of Australian retail pork Janis Baines cuts.

Dr Rainer Reuss Australasian Epidemiologist Trans fatty acids in Australia and New Ewan McKague Zealand. Dr Trevor Webb Dr Judy Cunningham Betsy Joseph Christian Thoma Dr Dorothy Mackerras

Dr Paul Brent Ensuring Global Food FSANZ contributed in conjunction with Dr Glenn Stanley Safety: Exploring Global the NSW Food Authority to a chapter Janis Baines Harmonization titled: ‘Responding to incidents of low level Tracey Hambridge chemical contamination in food’.

Christian Thoma Poster at the 19th Choosing a Food Vehicle for Iodine Ann Hunt International Congress of Fortification in Australia and New Zealand. Julie Boorman Nutrition, 4-9 October 2009, Dr Dorothy Mackerras Bangkok Thailand

Jenny Hazelton Journal of Home Economics Mandatory food fortification: Influencing Ann Hunt Institute of Australia, Volume health and well being across populations. Peta Chubb 16, Number 2, 2009

Dr Dorothy Mackerras Flour and Breads and Contribution to a chapter within the Ann Hunt their Fortification in Health publication; ‘Iodine Fortification of Bread: Christian Thoma and Disease Prevention Experiences from Australia and New (Academic Press) Zealand’.

Renee Sobolewski Nutrition and Dietetics Which Australian Food Composition Dr Judy Cunningham Database Should I Use? Dr Dorothy Mackerras

Dr Judy Cunningham Food Chemistry Lipid Composition of Australian Pork Cuts 2005-2006.

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FSANZ staff member Journal Topic

Janice Abbey Total Diet Studies FSANZ is contributing 7 book chapters. Janis Baines The topics are as follows: Julie Boorman • Preparing a procedures manual for a Dr Judy Cunningham total diet study Gillian Duffy Tracy Hambridge • Managing Concentration Data - Leanne Laajoki validation, security and interpretation Christel Leemhuis • Estimating dietary exposure Carolyn Mooney • Addressing uncertainty and variability in total diet studies, • Australia’s Experiences in Conducting Total Diet Studies • Commercial analytical laboratories – tendering, selecting, contracting and managing performance • Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Food in Australia– Additional Use of the Australian Total Diet Study

Janine Lewis Trade, Food, Diet and Contribution to one chapter within the Health: Perspectives and publication;The Potential of the Codex Policy Options, 2010 Alimentarius to Promote Healthy Diets (Wiley-Blackwell, UK) Worldwide – the Canadian Experience of Implementation.

Sobolewski R, Nutrition and Dietetics 2010 Which Australian food composition Cunningham J, 67:37-40. database should I use? Mackerras D.

Cunningham J, Australasian Epidemiologist Food composition – essential data in Tompsett S, 2010 17.1:32-34. epidemiological studies of food and health. Abbey J, Sobolewski R, Mackerras D.

Cunningham J, Australasian Epidemiologist Update on trans fatty acid intakes (letter). Dugbaza J, 2010 17.1:6. Mackerras D.

Mackerras D, Journal of Epidemiology and Estimating the impact of mandatory Powers J, Community Health (in press) fortification of bread with iodine on pregnant Boorman J, and post-partum women. Loxton D, Giles G.

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FSANZ staff member Journal Topic

Mackerras D, (letter) American Journal of Effect of supplemental folic acid in Cunningham J, Epidemiology. 2010 March pregnancy on childhood asthma: a Hunt A, 15 171(6):746-7. prospective birth cohort study Brent P.

Thoma C, In: Preedy VR, Watson RR, Iodine fortification of bread: experiences Seal J, Patel VB (eds). Flour and from Australia and New Zealand. Mackerras D, breads and their fortification Hunt A. in health and disease prevention, Academic Press (in press).

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