Footnotes

Chapter 2 - Risk analysis processes for the importation of beef and beef products

[1]        Food Standards Australia New Zealand, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/BSE%20Policy%2025%20September2009.pdf accessed 15 June 2010

[2]        Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, The possible impacts and consequences for public health, trade and agriculture of the government's decision to relax import restrictions on beef, First report, March 2010, p. 49

[3]        The Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Import Risk Analysis for Beef Imports, 8 March 2010, DAFF 10/389B

[4]        Biosecurity Australia Advice 2010/02, Handling of market access requests and quarantine requirements for beef and beef products for human consumption, 24 February 2010

[5]        Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, The possible impacts and consequences for public health, trade and agriculture of the government's decision to relax import restrictions on beef, First report, March 2010, pp. 32-38

[6]        FSANZ, The Australian assessment process to assess BSE risk, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/bovinespongiformencephalopathybse/australianassessment4747.cfm accessed on 14 June 2010

[7]        FSANZ, The Australian assessment process to assess BSE risk, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/bovinespongiformencephalopathybse/australianassessment4747.cfm accessed on 14 June 2010

[8]        RRAT Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 25 May 2010, p. 67

[9]        Mr Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 7

[10]      Biosecurity Australia Advice 2010/10, Commencement of IRA for the Important of Beef and Beef Products from the United States, Canada and Japan, 8 April 2010

[11]      Biosecurity Australia Advice 2010/15, Beef IRA Expert Panel, 25 May 2010

[12]      Biosecurity Australia, Import Risk Analysis Handbook, 2007 (update 2009), pp 18 -19

[13]      Biosecurity Australia, Import Risk Analysis Handbook, 2007 (update 2009), p.18

[14]      Quarantine Regulations 2000, Part 6A, Regulation 69D(2), p 72

[15]      Biosecurity Australia, Import Risk Analysis Handbook, 2007 (update 2009), p.19 and Quarantine Regulations 2000, Part 6A, Regulation 69D(3), p 72

[16]      Biosecurity Australia, Import Risk Analysis Handbook, 2007 (update 2009), p.19

[17]      Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, The possible impacts and consequences for public health, trade and agriculture of the Government's decision to relax import restrictions on beef, First report, March 2010, p 51

[18]      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.

[19]      Biosecurity Australia Advice 2010/13, Beef Japan Stop the Clock, 10 May 2010

[20]      Biosecurity Australia Advice 2010/13, Beef Japan Stop the Clock, 10 May 2010

[21]      Dr Andrew Carroll, Chief Veterinary Officer, DAFF, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 13

[22]      Dr Andrew Carroll, Chief Veterinary Officer, DAFF, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 13

[23]      Dr Colin Grant, Chief Executive, Biosecurity Australia, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 14

[24]      Dr Colin Grant, Chief Executive, Biosecurity Australia, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, pp. 13-14

[25]      Biosecurity Australia, Import Risk Analysis Handbook 2007 (update 2009), pp. 18 - 21

[26]      Biosecurity Australia Advice 2010/15, Beef IRA Expert Panel, 25 May 2010

[27]      Biosecurity Australia Advice 2009/14, Update to the Import Risk Analysis Handbook 2007, 30 June 2009

[28]      Biosecurity Australia, Import Risk Analysis Handbook 2007 (update 2009), p. 19

[29]      Biosecurity Australia, Import Risk Analysis Handbook 2007 (update 2009), p. 19

[30]      Biosecurity Australia, Import Risk Analysis Handbook 2007 (update 2009), p. 19

[31]      Dr Colin Grant, Chief Executive, Biosecurity Australia, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 10

[32]      Correspondence from the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade, to the Hon. John Cobb, MP, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, 25 February 2010

[33]      FSANZ, Australian Questionnaire to assess BSE risk, pp 8-9, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/Questionnaire%20to%20Assess%20BSE%20Risk%2023%20Feb%2020101.pdf accessed 15 June 2010

[34]      Dr Colin Grant, Chief Executive, Biosecurity Australia, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 11

[35]      Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, The possible impacts and consequences for public health, trade and agriculture of the Government's decision to relax import restrictions on beef, First report, March 2010, p. 51

[36]      FSANZ, The Australian assessment process to assess BSE risk, http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/bovinespongiformencephalopathybse/australianassessment4747.cfm accessed on 14 June 2010

[37]      Import Risk Analysis Handbook 2007 (update 2009), Annex 2 SPS Agreement, p. 27

[38]      RRAT Budget Estimates Hansard, 25 May 2010, p. 67

[39]      Mr Brad Bellinger, Chairman, Australian Beef Association, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p.1

[40]      Mr Brad Bellinger, Chairman, Australian Beef Association, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p.5

[41]      Dr Andrew Carroll, Chief Veterinary Officer, DAFF, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 18

[42]      Dr Andrew Carroll, Chief Veterinary Officer, DAFF, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 15

[43]      Dr Andrew Carroll, Chief Veterinary Officer, DAFF, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 18

[44]      Mr Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 7

[45]      The Hon Mark Butler MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Media Release, Clear Labelling for Australian Beef, 9 March 2010, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr10-mb-mb020.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2010&mth=3 accessed 13 June 2010

[46]      Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Country of Origin Labelling – Unpackaged Meat Products, Proposal – Administrative Assessment P1011, 4 May 2010, p. 1

[47]      Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Country of Origin Labelling – Unpackaged Meat Products, Proposal – Administrative Assessment P1011, 4 May 2010, p. 2

[48]      Dr Alan Fahey, The clinical neuropsychiatric epidemiological diagnostic features of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) – dissertation to fulfil the requirement of the New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry for the degree of Master of Psychiatry, tabled 14 May 2010.

[49]      Dr Alan Fahey, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, pp 21-23

[50]      Dr Alan Fahey, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p 23

[51]      Dr Alan Fahey, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 28

[52]      Dr Colin Grant, Chief Executive, Biosecurity Australia, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, p. 8