Footnotes
Chapter 2 - Background to the decision to review Australia's policy for the importation of beef and beef product
[1]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p.1.
[2]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, p. 20 and p. 22
[3]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 1.
[4]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 4,
p. 5.
[5]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 4,
p. 5.
[6]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 4,
p. 4.
[7]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 4,
pp 4-5.
[8]
Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 2, p. 1.
[9]
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, Issue 103, p. 6, available on
Food Standards Australia New Zealand website: http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/Standard_2_2_1_Meat_v103.pdf
viewed 1 March 2010.
[10]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 4, p.
4.
[11]
Risk foods are subject to a 'test and hold' direction and are not released
for sale until test results are known. Consignments of risk food which fail
inspection and therefore do not meet Australian standards cannot be imported.
These foods must be brought into compliance otherwise the food will be
re-exported or destroyed. Any consignments that fail result in a return to 100
per cent testing of that product until a history of compliance is
re-established for the producer of the food. Refer: http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/import/food/inspection-scheme
[12]
The Food Inspection Scheme is provided for in Division 2 of Part 2 of the Imported
Food Control Act 1992 and Part 3 of the Imported Food Control
Regulations 1993.
[13]
Dr Andrew Carroll, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 104; 25
February 2010, pp 33-35.
[14]
Joint media release, 20 October 2009, Australia refines its food safety
rules for imported beef and beef products, DAFF09/341BJ.
[15]
Department of Heath and Ageing, Submission 2, p. 3.
[16]
Food Standards Australia New Zealand, The Australian assessment process
to assess BSE risk, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/bovinespongiformencephalopathybse/
viewed 23 February 2010.
[17]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 6.
[18]
Mr Timothy Yeend, First Assistant Secretary, Office of Trade Negotiations,
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, p. 107.
[19]
Letter from Mr Ian McIvor, AM, Chairman, Red Meat Advisory Council Limited
to the Hon Tony Burke, MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 9
August 2009, Answer to question taken on notice, Public hearing 5
February 2010.
[20]
Letter from Mr Ian McIvor, AM, Chairman, Red Meat Advisory Council Limited
to the Hon Tony Burke, MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 9
August 2009, Answer to question taken on notice, Public hearing 5
February 2010.
[21]
Letter from Mr Ian McIvor, AM, Chairman, Red Meat Advisory Council Limited
to the Hon Tony Burke, MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 18
September 2009, Answer to question taken on notice, Public hearing 5
February 2010.
[22]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 2.
[23]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 3.
[24]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 5.
[25]
Red meat Advisory Council Limited, Submission 5, p. 6.
[26]
Letter from Mr Ian McIvor, AM, Chairman, Red Meat Advisory Council Limited
to the Hon Tony Burke, MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 9
August 2009, Answer to question taken on notice, Public hearing 5
February 2010.
[27]
See for example, Mr Justin Toohey, Committee Hansard, 14 December
2009, p. 32, Mr Robert Steel, Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p.
72, and Dr Andrew Carroll, Committee Hansard ,14 December 2009, p. 103.
[28]
Mr Gary Burridge, Processor Council, Australian Meat Industry Council, Committee
Hansard, 14 December 2010, p. 18.
[29]
The Hon Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry,
Interview with Leon Byer, 5AA Adelaide 1395 AM, 21 October 2009.
[30]
Mr John Carter, Director, Australian Beef Association, Committee
Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 2.
[31]
Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 95.
[32]
Food Standards Australia and New Zealand, Food recalls, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/foodmatters/foodrecalls/
viewed 2 March 2010.
[33]
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 2001, p. 10.
[34]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 1.
[35]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 4.
[36]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 4, p.
6.
[37]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 4.
[38]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Austrade, The WTO
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement Why you need to know ... p. 3. http://www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-health/plant/publications/sps
viewed 3 March 2010.
[39]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 4.
[40]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Austrade, The WTO
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement Why you need to know ... p. 13 . http://www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-health/plant/publications/sps
viewed 3 March 2010.
[41]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 1. The
submission goes on to state that the OIE (which has 175 members) is referenced
in Article 3.4 of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures (WTO SPS Agreement) as an international standard setting
body and is recognised as the major international standard setting authority on
animal health and animal diseases impacting on human health.
[42]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 4.
[43]
Mr Bradley Bellinger, Chairman and Mr John Carter, Director, Australian
Beef Association, Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 2, p. 5 and p.
13.
[44]
Letter from The Hon Mark Vaile, Minister for Trade to the Honourable
Robert B. Zoellick, United States Trade Representative dated 18 May 2004 and
Letter from the Honourable Robert B. Zoellick, United States Trade
Representative to The Hon Mark Vaile, Minister for Trade dated 18 May 2004,
tabled 14 December 2009.
[45]
Joint media release, 20 October 2009, Australia refines its food safety
rules for imported beef and beef products, DAFF09/341BJ.
[46]
Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Australian Questionnaire to
Assess BSE Risk, p. 13, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/Questionnaire%20to%20Assess%20BSE%20Risk%2023%20Feb%2020101.pdf,
viewed 23 February 2010.
Chapter 3 - The policy review process and implementation of the revised policy
[1]
The Red Meat Market Access Committee was established in 2007 as an
across-department and industry forum regarding market access and trade. It is
chaired by industry and includes representation from DFAT, DAFF, AQIS and
Biosecurity Australia. The role of RedMMAC is to guide the direction of
decision-making in relation to market access for red meat products in
international markets and "to deliver more optimal outcomes on all forums
of market access in the red meat industry". RedMMAC meets every six months
or whenever market access issues normally handled through traditional avenues
and organisations/departments, prove unable to achieve an acceptable result in
isolation. Red Meat Industry, Submission to Productivity Commission Review
of Regulatory Burdens, March 2008, p. 24 and p. 34.
[2]
Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 2, p. 1.
[3]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs),
Terms of Reference, October 2009, p. 4.
[4]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, p. 5.
[5]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, p. 6.
[6]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, p. 6.
[7]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, p. 7.
[8]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, pp 21 -22.
[9]
Mr Robert Steel, Submission 7, Dr Allan Fahey, Email
correspondence, 2 March 2010.
[10]
Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 28.
[11]
The Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, Interview – Doorstop at
Parliament House, 24 February 2010, http://www.trademinister.gov.au/transcripts/2010/100224_ds.html,
viewed 7 March 2010.
[12]
Email from Mr Steven McCutcheon, CEO FSANZ, to Natasha Bita, Journalist,
the Australian, 23 February 2010, tabled 25 February 2010.
[13]
Mr Greg Brown, Cattle Council of Australia, Director, Red Meat Advisory
Council.
[14]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, p. 21.
[15]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, p. 7, Footnote 7.
[16]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, p. 31.
[17]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, pp 17-18.
[18]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, p. 18.
[19]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 4, p.
12.
[20]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 41.
[21]
Professor John Mathews, Review of Scientific Evidence to Inform
Australian Policy on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), 9
October 2010, p. 2
[22]
National Health and Medical Research Council.
[23]
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee.
[24]
Professor John Mathews, Answers to Questions taken on notice,
Public hearing 5 February 2010, available at https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/rrat_ctte/inquiries.htm.
[25]
Professor John Mathews, Answers to Questions taken on notice, Public
hearing 5 February 2010, available at https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/rrat_ctte/inquiries.htm.
[26]
Professor John Mathews, Answers to Questions taken on notice, Public
hearing 5 February 2010 , available at https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/rrat_ctte/inquiries.htm.
[27]
Professor Mathews is a professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne.
He undertook this review in his capacity as a public health consultant.
Professor Mathews has published on kuru (a fatal disease of the nervous system
affecting the Fore people in Papua and New Guinea) in 1965-76 and again in
2008. As Deputy Chief Medical Officer he advised government on transmissible
spongiform encephalopathy policy from 1999-2004, and he represented the Chief
Medial Officer on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee
from 2004-2006.
[28]
Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 30.
[29]
Professor John Mathews, Answers to Questions taken on notice,
Public hearing 5 February 2010, available at https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/rrat_ctte/inquiries.htm.
[30]
Dr Andrew Carroll, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 102.
[31]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 4, p.
3.
[32]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 103.
[33]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 103.
[34]
Ms Narelle Clegg, General Manager, Residues and Food Safety Branch,
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 14
December 2009, p. 104.
[35]
Dr Mike Nunn, Principal Scientist, Animal Biosecurity, Department of
Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 22 February 2010,
p. 79.
[36]
Dr Andrew Carroll, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry. Committee Hansard, 22 February 2010, p. 75.
[37]
Biosecurity Australia, Import Risk Analysis Handbook, 2007 (update
2009), p. 14.
[38]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 33.
[39]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 92.
[40]
Correspondence from the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, to The Hon
John Cobb, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, 25 February 2010.
[41]
Correspondence from the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, to The Hon
John Cobb, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, 25 February 2010.
[42]
Correspondence from the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, to The Hon
John Cobb, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, 25 February 2010.
[43]
Correspondence from the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, to The Hon
John Cobb, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, 25 February 2010.
[44]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Biosecurity Australia
Advice 2010/02, Handling of market access requests and quarantine
requirements for beef and beef products for human consumption, http://www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1531473/2010_02_BAA_BSE_Beef_for_human_consumption.pdf,
viewed 25 February 2010.
[45]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 4, p.
3.
[46]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 3, p. 2.
[47]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Answers to questions taken on
notice, Public hearing 5 February 2010, , available at https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/rrat_ctte/inquiries.htm.
[48]
See for example: Mr Timothy Yeend, First Assistant Secretary, Office of
Trade Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee
Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 105, Mr Gary Burridge, Chairman, Processor
Council of Australia and Director Red Meat Advisory Council, Committee Hansard,
14 December 2010, p. 22 and Mr Justin Toohey, Secretary, Red Meat Advisory
Council, Committee Hansard, 14 December 2010, pp 33-34.
[49]
Mr Gary Burridge, Australian Meat Industry Council, Committee Hansard,
14 December 2009, p. 21.
[50]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 23.
[51]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009.
[52]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 4.
[53]
Mr Gary Burridge, Australian Meat Industry Council, Committee Hansard,
14 December 2009, p. 22.
[54]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, pp 21-22.
[55]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 44.
[56]
Mr Justin Toohey, Secretary, Red Meat Advisory Council, Committee
Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 36.
[57]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 81.
[58]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 82.
[59]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 87.
[60]
Ms Suzanne Solvyns, Committee Hansard, 22 February 2010, p. 13.
[61]
Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 39.
[62]
The committee has received 23 letters and submissions from individual
producers. The committee also notes coverage of producer rallies in the media.
[63]
Mr Paul Morris, Trade and Market Access Division, Department of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 14 December
2009, p. 85; Mr Stephen McCutcheon, CEO Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Committee
Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 85.
[64]
The Australian BSE Food Safety Assessment committee is chaired by FSANZ
and includes an animal health expert from DAFF and food safety and risk
assessment experts from FSANZ. Refer: The BSE Risk Assessment Process and
Certification, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/bovinespongiformencephalopathybse/thebseriskassessment4748.cfm,
viewed 23 February 2010.
[65]
Correspondence from the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, to The Hon
John Cobb, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, 25 February 2010.
[66]
Correspondence from the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, to The Hon
John Cobb, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, 25 February 2010.
[67]
FSANZ, The BSE Risk Assessment Process and Certification, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/bovinespongiformencephalopathybse/thebseriskassessment4748.cfm,
viewed 23 February 2010.
[68]
Biosecurity Australia Advice 2010/02, Handling of market access
requests and quarantine requirements for beef and beef products for human
consumption, 24 February 2010.
[69]
Mr Stephen McCutcheon, CEO, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Committee
Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 68.
[70]
Mr Stephen McCutcheon, CEO, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Committee
Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 68 and p. 73.
[71]
Mr Stephen McCutcheon, CEO, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Committee
Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 73.
[72]
Mr Stephen McCutcheon, CEO, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Committee
Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 73.
[73]
Mr Stephen McCutcheon, CEO, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Committee
Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 74.
[74]
Mr Stephen McCutcheon, CEO, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Committee
Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 74.
[75]
Mr Stephen McCutcheon, CEO, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Committee
Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 74.
[76]
FSANZ, Australian Questionnaire to assess BSE risk, p.2. http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/Questionnaire%20to%20Assess%20BSE%20Risk%2023%20Feb%2020101.pdf,
viewed 23 February 2010.
[77]
FSANZ, Australian Questionnaire to assess BSE risk, p.2. http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/Questionnaire%20to%20Assess%20BSE%20Risk%2023%20Feb%2020101.pdf,
viewed 23 February 2010.
[78]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 38.
[79]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 42.
[80]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 38.
[81]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 39.
[82]
Correspondence from the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, to The Hon
John Cobb, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, 25 February 2010.
[83]
Correspondence from the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, to The Hon
John Cobb, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, 25 February 2010.
[84]
Correspondence from the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, to The Hon
John Cobb, for Agriculture and Food Security, 25 February 2010.
[85]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 22.
[86]
Canadian Cattle Identification Agency, CCIS News, Winter 2009, http://www.canidaid.com/documents/ccia_winter_2009_newsletter.pdf
viewed 23 February 2010.
[87]
United States Department of Agriculture, USDA announces new framework
for animal disease traceability, News Release No. 0053.10, 5 February 2010,
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JM/.p/5_2_4TQ/.d/1/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JM_contentid=2010%2F02%2F0053.xml&PC_7_2_5JM_parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&PC_7_2_5JM_navid=NEWS_RELEASE
viewed 5 March 2010.
[88]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 22.
[89]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 11.
[90]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 31.
[91]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 31.
[92]
Committee Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 30.
[93]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Answer to Question
taken on notice, Public Hearing, 25 February 2010, , available at https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/rrat_ctte/inquiries.htm.
[94]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Answer to Question
taken on notice, Public Hearing, 25 February 2010, , available at https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/rrat_ctte/inquiries.htm.
[95]
Rural Regional Affairs and Transport, Additional Estimates Hansard,
15 February 2005, p. 54.
[96]
Rural Regional Affairs and Transport, Additional Estimates Hansard,
15 February 2005, p. 59.
[97]
Rural Regional Affairs and Transport, Additional Estimates Hansard,
15 February 2005, p. 59.
[98]
Rural Regional Affairs and Transport, Additional Estimates Hansard,
15 February 2005, p. 45.
[99]
Correspondence from Cattle Council of Australia to Minister for
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, quoted in Rural Regional Affairs and
Transport, Additional Estimates Hansard, 15 February 2005, p. 62.
[100] Rural Regional Affairs and
Transport, Additional Estimates Hansard, 15 February 2005, p. 63.
[101] Rural Regional Affairs and
Transport, Additional Estimates Hansard, 15 February 2005, pp. 55-57.
[102] Rural Regional Affairs and
Transport, Additional Estimates Hansard, 15 February 2005, p. 47.
[103] Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry, Answers to Questions taken on notice, Public
hearing 22 February 2010, available at https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/rrat_ctte/inquiries.htm.
[104] Mr Paul Morris, Trade and
market Access Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee
Hansard, 25 February 2010, p. 45
[105] Review of Food Labelling Law
and Policy, Issues Consultation Paper: Food Labelling Law and Policy Review,
5 March 2010, p. 6.
[106] Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 4, p. 12.
[107] Review of food Labelling Law
and Policy, http://www.foodlabellingreview.gov.au/internet/foodlabelling/publishing.nsf/content/home,
viewed 8 March 2010.
[108] Review of food Labelling Law
and Policy, Terms of Reference, http://www.foodlabellingreview.gov.au/internet/foodlabelling/publishing.nsf/Content/terms
viewed 8 March 2010.
[109] Review of Food Labelling Law
and Policy, Issues Consultation Paper: Food Labelling Law and Policy Review,
5 March 2010, p. 6.
Chapter 4 - Conclusion and recommendations
[1]
Mr Greg Brown, Cattle Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 14
December 2009.
[2]
Mr Justin Toohey, Committee Hansard, 14 December 2009, p. 36.
[3]
Mr Ian McIvor, Chairman, Red Meat Advisory Council, Committee Hansard,
p. 25.
[4]
Professor John Mathews, Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p.
34.
[5]
Notes of National health and Medical Research Council Teleconference, 17
September 2009, Answer to question taken on notice, Public Hearing 5 February
2010.
[6]
Ms Suzanne Solvyns, National Coordinator, CJD Support Group Network, Committee
Hansard, 22 February 2010, pp. 12 -13. Ms Solvyns was the recipient of
human pituitary hormones from a contaminated batch while on a fertility program
in the seventies.
[7]
Ms Suzanne Solvyns, National Coordinator, CJD Support Group Network, Committee
Hansard, 22 February 2010, p. 11.
[8]
See for example: Rural Regional Affairs and Transport Committee,
Administration of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,
Biosecurity Australia and Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service in
relation to the final import risk analysis report for applies from New Zealand,
June 2007; Rural Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, Import risk
analysis (IRA) for the importation of Cavendish bananas from the Philippines,
June 2009.
[9]
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon Tony Burke, Import
Risk Analysis for beef imports, DAFF10/389B, 8 March 2010.
[10]
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon Tony Burke, Import
Risk Analysis for beef imports, DAFF10/389B, 8 March 2010.
APPENDIX 3 - Food Standard 2.2.1 Meat and Meat Products
[1]
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, Issue 103, p. 6, available on
Food Standards Australia New Zealand website: http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/Standard_2_2_1_Meat_v103.pdf
viewed 1 March 2010.