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Annual Report 2008 - 2009 FOOD STANDARDS Australia New Zealand Annual Report 2008-2009 Australia New Zealand PO Box 7186 PO Box 10559 Canberra BC The Terrace ACT 2610 Wellington 6036 Australia New Zealand Tel: +61 2 6271 2241 Tel: +64 4 978 5630 Fax: +61 2 6271 2278 Fax: +64 4 473 9855 [email protected] [email protected] www.foodstandards.gov.au www.foodstandards.govt.nz Food Standards Australia New Zealand Food Standards FOOD STANDARDS Australia New Zealand Annual Report 2008-2009 © Food Standards Australia New Zealand 2009 ISSN 1329-3850 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Information Officer, FSANZ, PO Box 7186, Canberra BC, ACT 2610. An electronic version of this work is available on the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) website at http:// www.foodstandards.gov.au. This electronic version may be downloaded, displayed, printed and reproduced in unaltered form only for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation. Food Standards Australia New Zealand Australia New Zealand PO Box 7186 PO Box 10559 Canberra BC The Terrace ACT 2610 Wellington 6036 Australia New Zealand Tel: 61 2 6271 2241 Tel: 64 4 473 9942 Fax: 61 2 6271 2278 Fax: 64 4 473 9855 [email protected] [email protected] ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009 Letter of Transmittal The Hon Mark Butler, MP Parliamentary Secretary for Health Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Annual Report of Food Standards Australia New Zealand for the year ended 30 June 2009 I am pleased to present to you the Annual Report of Food Standards Australia New Zealand. This report fulfils the reporting requirements of The Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997, including the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies orders for report of operations. The report also fulfils the reporting requirements of Section 69 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The Annual Report is made in accordance with a resolution of FSANZ Board Members (Directors). They are responsible for the preparation and content of the report of operations in accordance with the Finance Minister’s Orders. Yours sincerely Philippa Smith AM Food Standards Australia New Zealand September 2009 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL i FOOD STANDARDS AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND ii LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009 Contents Letter of Transmittal i Guide to the Report 1 Additional information 2 Compliance index 3 Chief Executive Officer’s Review 5 Agency developments 7 Regulatory highlights 8 Corporate Overview 10 Highlights 2008-09 10 FSANZ – roles and responsibilities 10 Structure and processes 12 Summary of financial performance 16 Priorities and Performance 2008-09 18 Outcomes and outputs 18 Performance measures 19 Our Regulatory Measures 22 Objectives 22 Performance 22 Highlights 22 Overview 23 Applications and Proposals gazetted 1 July 2008-30 June 2009 25 CONTENTS iii FOOD STANDARDS AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND Food standards development 25 Ministerial Council Policy Guidelines 25 Ministerial Policy Guidelines notified to FSANZ in 2008-09 26 Standards Development Work Plan 26 Ministerial Council Reviews 28 Additional work requested by the Ministerial Council 30 FSANZ reviews of food standards 30 Foods and food ingredients requiring pre-market approval 31 Fortified foods 34 Food labelling 36 Food standards for the primary industries 38 Public health and food safety standards 41 Improving our standards development outcomes 41 Public health issues 43 Emerging issues 46 Food incidents and food recalls 47 Monitoring and evaluating hazards 50 Strengthening our evidence base 51 Science evidence base 52 Accessing external expertise 53 Consumer and social sciences 54 Regulatory analysis 56 Evaluating our food regulatory measures 57 International networks 59 Student projects 61 Our Stakeholders 64 Objectives 64 Performance 64 Highlights 64 iv CONTENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009 Overview 65 Community involvement 67 Stakeholders and regulatory partners 71 Partnerships with other national agencies 73 Relationships in the Asia-Pacific Region 75 Communication 76 Media and information services 76 Website and new media 78 Education and information campaigns 79 Our People and Organisational Capability 82 Objectives 82 Performance 82 Highlights 82 Overview 83 Staff Forum 84 Organisational capability and capacity 85 Attraction, development and retention of a skilled workforce 86 Encouraging a rewarding environment 91 Conditions of employment 91 Rewards and recognition 93 Organisational structure 94 Our Accountability 98 Objectives 98 Performance 98 Highlights 98 Overview 99 CONTENTS v FOOD STANDARDS AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND Our roles and priorities 100 Stakeholders and regulatory partners 101 Corporate governance arrangements 103 Government and Parliament 103 Senate Estimates 104 FSANZ Board 105 Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee 105 Business planning and management 106 Corporate planning 109 Appendices 111 Appendix 1 – Finalised projects 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 111 Appendix 2 – Applications received and Proposals prepared 116 Appendix 3 – FSANZ processes for assessing Applications 126 Appendix 4. External FSANZ committee members 132 Appendix 5 - Financial Statements 143 Appendix 6 – Functions and powers 174 Appendix 7 – Current publications 177 Appendix 8 – Categories of documents held 191 Appendix 9 – Consultants and contractors 194 Appendix 10: FSANZ representation 198 Appendix 11 – FSANZ Board members, attendance, qualifications and experience 205 Acronyms and Abbreviations 211 Index 214 vi CONTENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009 Guide to the Report In preparing this report, we have followed the requirements laid down in the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 and in Section 152 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The Chief Executive Officer’s Review provides a perspective on the past year and an outlook for the year ahead. The Corporate Overview provides a snapshot of our role and functions, how we are organised and the processes involved in our decision-making. It also refers to our key outcomes and provides a summary of our financial performance. Under Priorities and Performance, we summarise the year’s activities against the key strategic directions and performance measures identified in the 2008-09 FSANZ Budget Statement. The main text of the report details outputs and outcomes in 2008-09 under the four key result areas of our Corporate Plan: Our Regulatory Measures, Our Stakeholders, Our People and Organisational Capability, and Our Accountability. Our Regulatory Measures describes the outputs associated with the development of new, or variations to existing, food standards. It also provides details of other activities that support regulatory measures that apply to the sale of food in Australia and New Zealand. Our Stakeholders documents our community consultation and communication processes, including our engagement with stakeholders. Our People and Organisational Capability reports on the ability of the agency to meet stakeholder expectations and on initiatives for fostering and encouraging a rewarding work environment. Our Accountability refers to our corporate governance arrangements and initiatives. Appendices to the report contain detailed information on the processing of Applications and Proposals to amend the Food Standards Code, consistent with the reporting requirements of the FSANZ Act (Appendix 1 and 2); the process for assessing Applications and Proposals (Appendix 3); external FSANZ committee members (Appendix 4); our audited financial statements (Appendix 5); FSANZ’s functions and powers (Appendix 6); current publications (Appendix 7); categories of documents held by the agency (Appendix 8); a list of the GUIDE TO THE REPORT 1 FOOD STANDARDS AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND consultants used this year (Appendix 9); FSANZ representation, including contributions to international forums and speaking engagements (Appendix 10); and a record of FSANZ Board members’ qualifications, experience and attendance at Board meetings and Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee meetings (Appendix 11). Additional information You can obtain information on the projects and activities described in this report from the Communication Manager, Lydia Buchtmann, on +61 2 6271 2620 or lydia.buchtmann@ foodstandards.gov.au. For information on the FSANZ Annual Report 2007-08, contact the project manager and editor, Dr Michael Dack, on +61 2 6271 2239 or michael.dack@ foodstandards.gov.au. An electronic version of this report and other FSANZ publications can be accessed from the FSANZ website at www.foodstandards.gov.au. 2 GUIDE TO THE REPORT ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009 Compliance index The checklist below, prepared by the Institute of Public Administration Australia, summarises FSANZ’s compliance with essential reporting requirements in this annual report: Topic Requirement Comment met Preliminaries Director’s sign-off Yes Letter of Transmittal Subsidiaries included n/a Operations Legislation/objectives/functions Yes Corporate Overview; Our roles and priorities (p100); Appendix 3 & 6 Name of Minister in financial year Yes Corporate Overview Organisational structure and Yes Corporate Overview; Organisational structure (p14) locations Review of Operations and Future Prospects Performance against targets in Yes Priorities and Performance;