This Act provides for the compliance of food imported into Australia with Australian food standards and the requirements of public health and safety. After giving definitions, the Act indicates when food poses a risk to human health. The reason for this is that a person must not import into Australia food that he/she knows does not meet applicable standards or poses a threat to human health, subject to a penalty of 10-year imprisonment. Regarding the Food Control Certificates, the Act establishes the rules for their issuance, form and contents, and the way to apply for them. The Act provides for the issuance of an Imported Food Inspection Advice after food that is required to be inspected and/or analyzed, has been so inspected and/or analyzed. The Advice must state whether the whole or a part of the food dealt with in the Advice is identified as failing food; and in respect of food that is so identified, how that food is going to be dealt with (treatment, destruction or re-exportation). There are provisions for the recognition of Foreign Governments Certificates, and for the issuance of Quality Assurance Certificates. Part 3 of the Act determines the monitoring powers of the enforcement authorities; and Part 4 establishes the fees payable for chargeable services, the cases of exemption from suit, the compensation payments for destroyed food and other related matters.
澳大利亚 · 1992-12-24