Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 122—15 October 2015, p. 3260.

[2]        Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 13 of 2015, 15 October 2015, Appendix 4.

[3]        See: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/FSANZ.

[4]        Food Standards Australia New Zealand, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx (accessed 13 November 2015).

[5]        Department of Health, Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/foodsecretariat-anz.htm (accessed 13 November 2015).

[6]        See: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/foodsecretariat-members.htm (accessed 13 November 2015). See also: http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/about/board/Pages/default.aspx (accessed 13 November 2015).

[7]        The Hon Sussan Ley MP, Minister for Health, Aged Care and Sport, House of Representatives Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 10 526.

[8]        The Hon Sussan Ley MP, Minister for Health, Aged Care and Sport, House of Representatives Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 10 526.

[9]        Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum (EM), pp 1–2.

[10]      The Hon Sussan Ley MP, Minister for Health, Aged Care and Sport, House of Representatives Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 10 526.

[11]      Journals of the Senate, No. 122—15 October 2015, p. 3278. See also: Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_LEGislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r5542 (accessed 16 November 2015).

[12]      EM, p. 3.

[13]      EM, pp. 5.

[14]      EM, pp 5–8.

[15]      EM, p. 7.

[16]      Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991, s. 33, 63 and 101. See also: EM, p. 7.

[17]      EM, p. 6. See also: Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Nutrition content claims and health claims, January 2013, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/labelling/nutrition/Pages/default.aspx (accessed 16 November 2015).

[18]      EM, p. 2.

[19]      EM, p. 4.

[20]      EM, pp 11–14.

[21]      EM, p. 2.

[22]      EM, p. 4.

[23]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 11 of 2015, 14 October 2015, p. 12.

[24]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty-ninth report of the 44^th Parliament, 13 October 2015, p. 1.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        The Ministerial Forum has ministerial representatives from the Australian federal, state and territory governments, the Local Government Association, and the New Zealand Government.

[2]        Department of Health, Submission 8, pp 5–6.

[3]        Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 1, p. 7.

[4]        Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 1, p. 8. See also: Friends of the Earth Australia, Submission 6, p. [3]; Gene Ethics, Submission 5, p. [4].

[5]        Australian Food and Grocery Council, Submission 3, p. 5.

[6]        Department of Health, Submission 8, pp 7–8.

[7]        Department of Health, Submission 8, p. 3.

[8]        EM, pp 5–6. See also: Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991, s. 19.

[9]        EM, p. 6.

[10]      Office of the Gene Technology Regulator, Submission 4, pp [1–2].

[11]      Sustainability Council of New Zealand, Submission 7, p. 3.

[12]      Friends of the Earth Australia, Submission 6, p. [1]. See also: Gene Ethics, Submission 5, p. [2].

[13]      Office of the Gene Technology Regulator, Submission 4, p. [2].

[14]      Office of the Gene Technology Regulator, Submission 4, p. [2].

[15]      Gene Technology Act 2000, s. 10(1).

[16]      Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code—Standard 1.5.2—Food Produced Using Gene Technology, Division 1, Clause 1(1).

[17]      Sustainability Council of New Zealand, Submission 7, p. 3.  The question of parliamentary review of legislative instruments such as the Code is raised. The committee notes that the Senate has the capacity to review and, if appropriate, disallow legislative instruments such as the Code. This power is described in section 42 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

[18]      CropLife Australia, Submission 2, p. [1].

[19]      Department of Health, Submission 8, p. 4.

[20]      Department of Health, Submission 8, p. 5.

[21]      Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 1, p. 7.

[22]      Friends of the Earth Australia, Submission 6, p. [3].

[23]      Gene Ethics, Submission 5, p. [3].

[24]      Gene Ethics, Submission 5, p. [3].

[25]      Australian Food and Grocery Council, Submission 3, p. 3.

[26]      Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Subscription Service, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/media/pages/subscriptionservice.aspx (accessed 18 November 2015).

[27]      Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991, s. 33, 63 & 101. These reports are for the following purposes: 'Approving the draft standard or draft variation' (s. 33); 'Review of decisions' (s. 63); and 'Re-affirm[ing] the standard or variation or propose changes' (s. 101).

[28]      EM, pp 6–8.

[29]      Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015, Item 14.

[30]      Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 1, p. 7.

[31]      Australian Food and Grocery Council, Submission 3, p. 5. See also: Gene Ethics, Submission 5, p. [3].

[32]      High level health claims refers to a nutrient or substance in a food and its relationship to a serious disease or to a biomarker of a serious disease. For example: Diets high in calcium may reduce the risk of osteoporosis in people 65 years and over. An example of a biomarker health claim is: Phytosterols may reduce blood cholesterol.

[33]      EM, p. 6. See also: Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Nutrition content claims and health claims, January 2013, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/labelling/nutrition/Pages/default.aspx (accessed 16 November 2015); Australian New Zealand Food Standards Code—Standard 1.2.7—Nutrition, Health and Related Claims; Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Act 2007.

[34]      Friends of the Earth Australia, Submission 6, p. [3].

[35]      CropLife Australia, Submission 2, p. 1. See also: Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 1, p. 8.

[36]      Australian Food and Grocery Council, Submission 3, pp 3–4.

[37]      Gene Ethics, Submission 5, p. [4].

Australian Labor Party Senators' Dissenting Report

[1]        Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 1, p. 6.

[2]        Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 1, p. 6.

[3]        Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 1, p. 7.

[4]        Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Australia New Zealand Food Authority Amendment Bill 2001, April 2001, p. 9.

Australian Greens Senators' Dissenting Report

[1]        Submission 8, p. 5.

[2]        Australian Parliamentary Library, 'Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015', Bills Digest No. 32, 2015–16, p. 6, 14 October 2014, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/billsdgs/4133205/upload_binary/4133205.pdf;fileType=application/pdf .

[3]        Submission 1, p. 7.

[4]        Submission 5, p. [5].

[5]        Submission 8, p. 2.

[6]        Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991, s. 19.

[7]        Submission 8, p. 4.

[8]        Submission 4, p. [2].

[9]        Submission 5, p. [2].

[10]      Submission 6, p. [1].

[11]      Submission 6, p. [2].

[12]      Submission 7, p. 3.

[13]      EM, p. 6.

[14]      Submission 1, p. 7.

[15]      Submission 3, p. 5.

[16]      Submission 5, pp [3–4].