FOOTNOTES

[1] Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 2 of 2001

[2] Explanatory Memorandum, Australia New Zealand Food Authority Amendment Bill 2001, p. 1

[3] Copies of the Inter-Governmental Food Regulation Agreement 2000 may be obtained at http://www.dpmc.gov.au/docs/DisplayContents1.cfm?&ID=86 and is reproduced at Appendix 3

[4] See Submission No. 11, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, p. 1

[5] See Explanatory Memorandum, Australia New Zealand Food Authority Amendment Bill 2001, pp. 1-2. Further detail is provided at pages 8-39

[6] See Submission No. 5, Public Health Association of Australia; Submission No. 6, Australian Medical Association; Submission No. 8, Australian Consumers Association; and Submission No. 2, Dieticians Association of Australia. See also, Transcript of Evidence, pp. 1, 3, 6

[7] Transcript of Evidence, pp. 1-6, 19-20 and 28

[8] Explanatory Memorandum, Australia New Zealand Food Authority Amendment Bill 2001, p. I

[9] See Explanatory Memorandum, Australia New Zealand Food Authority Amendment Bill 2001, p. 10

[10] See Submission No. 11, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, p. 6; See also, Transcript of Evidence, Senator Knowles, p. 4

[11] Explanatory Memorandum, Australia New Zealand Food Authority Amendment Bill 2001, p. 10

[12] Transcript of Evidence, Department of Health and Aged Care, p. 28

[13] Submission No. 11, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, p. 6. See also, Submission No. 3, Australian Food and Grocery Council, pp. 5, 12-13

[14] Transcript of Evidence, Australian Food and Grocery Council, pp. 19-20

[15] Subsection 10(1) states that the objectives, in descending order of priority, are: (a) the protection of public health and safety; and (b) the provision of adequate information relating to food to enable consumers to make informed choices; and (c) the prevention of misleading or deceptive conduct. Subsection 10(2) states that FSANZ must, when developing or reviewing food measures, have regard to particular matters. See also, Transcript of Evidence, p. 8

[16] Submission No. 2, Dieticians Association of Australia, p. 2

[17] Submission No. 7, Dr Rosemary Stanton, p. 2; See also, Submission No. 4, FACTS, p. 2

[18] Submission No. 8, Australian Consumers Association, pp. 3-4. See also Submission No. 5, Public Health Association of Australia, p. 3: the PHAA also suggested that the Bill be amended so that the Council is comprised only of Health Ministers. PHAA believes that this will ensure that health will continue to receive the primacy required.

[19] Submission No. 11, Department of Health and Aged Care, pp. 2-3. See also, Transcript of Evidence, Department of Health and Aged Care, pp. 25-27

[20] Submission No. 3, Australian Food and Grocery Council, p. 2

[21] Submission No. 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 4

[22] Transcript of Evidence, p. 16

[23] See, for example, Submission No. 2, Dieticians Association Australia; Submission No. 8, Australian Consumers Association; Submission No. 5, Public Health Association of Australia; Submission No. 9, Ms Dorothy Francis, p. 1; and Submission No. 7, Dr Rosemary Stanton, p. 2

[24] Submission No. 2, Dieticians Association Australia, p. 3; See also, Submission No. 9, Ms Dorothy Francis, p. 1

[25] Submission No. 2, Dieticians Association Australia, p. 3

[26] Transcript of Evidence, Department of Health and Aged Care, pp. 27-28

[27] Transcript of Evidence, Australian Food and Grocery Council, p. 22

[28] Submission No. 3, Australian Food and Grocery Council, p. 16

[29] Submission No. 3, Australian Food and Grocery Council, p. 16

[30] Transcript of Evidence, Australian Food and Grocery Council, p. 21

[31] Transcript of Evidence, Department of Health and Aged Care, p. 28

[32] Transcript of Evidence, Department of Health and Aged Care, p. 28

[33] Submission No. 5, Public Health Association of Australia, p. 6. See also Submission No. 8, Australian Consumers Association, p. 10

[34] Transcript of Evidence, Australian Consumers Association, p. 14

[35] Explanatory Memorandum, Australia New Zealand Food Authority Amendment Bill 2001, pp. 34-35

[36] Transcript of Evidence, Department of Health and Aged Care, p. 26

[37] Ms Smith, Australian Consumers Association CA1, Dieticians Association of Australia, Submission 2 pg1, Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 5 pg1

[38] Australian Medical Association Ltd, Submission 6 pg1

[39] Sen Knowles, CA4

[40] Mr Borthwick, Department of Health and Aged Care CA29

[41] Mr Borthwick, DHAC CA29

[42] Ms Smith, ACA CA1

[43] Mr Hooke, AFGC CA19

[44] Mr Hooke, AFGC CA19

[45] Ms Smith, ACA, Ms Laut, PHAA CA6

[46] Ms Cassidy, DAA CA6

[47] Mr Lindenmayer, Australia New Zealand Food Authority CA31

[48] Sen Forshaw, CA32

[49] Mr Borthwick, DHAC CA28

[50] Ms Smith, ACA CA4-5, Sen Knowles, CA4-5

[51] Mr Corcoran, DHAC CA28

[52] Ms Smith, ACA CA2

[53] DAA, Submission 2 pg2

[54] Ms Smith, ACA CA8

[55] Mr Borthwick, DHAC CA26

[56] Ms Smith, ACA CA8

[57] Mr Borthwick, DHAC CA27

[58] Dr Stanton, DAA CA3

[59] Mr Hooke, AFGC CA17

[60] PHAA, Submission 5 pg6

[61] Food Anaphylactic Children Training and Support Association, Submission 4 pg 2

[62] Dr Stanton, DAA CA3

[63] Mr Hooke, AFGC CA17

[64] Dr Stanton, DAA CA7, Ms Smith, ACA CA7, PHAA, Submission 5 pg4

[65] ACA, Submission 8 pg11, PHAA, Submission 5 pg6

[66] Mr Borthwick, DHA CA26

[67] Ms Smith, ACA CA2

[68] Ms Smith, ACA CA10, Dr Stanton, DAA CA10

[69] Dr Annison, AFGC CA18, DHAC, Submission 11 pg6, Mr Lindenmayer, ANZFA CA25

[70] ACA, Submission 8 pg11

[71] Ms Smith, ACA CA2

[72] Mr Corcoran, DHAC CA24

[73] Mr Borthwick, DHAC CA30-31

[74] Mr Hooke, AFGC CA16

[75] Food Regulation Review, August 1998

[76] Mr Ian Lindenmayer, Hansard, Canberra, 29 March 2001, p.

[77] Submission No. 8, Australian Consumers’ Association, s10.

[78] Mr Mitchell Hooke, Hansard, op cit, p.