Economy Roundtable Australia Steve Guy Wine Australia APEC
Economy Roundtable: Australia Steve Guy, Wine Australia APEC Wine Regulatory Forum | October 6 -7, 2016 Ottawa, Canada
Imported Food Inspection Authorities ▪ The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) is responsible for the imported food inspection scheme ▪ Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) determines food standards and advises DAWR on high risk products. APEC Wine Regulatory Forum | October 6 -7, 2016 Ottawa, Canada 2
Risk Based Approach to Food Inspection ▪ “Risk Food” ▪ Dairy products ▪ Herbs and spices ▪ Nuts ▪ Meat ▪ Seafood ▪ Vegetables ▪ “Surveillance Food” ▪ Everything else (including wine) APEC Wine Regulatory Forum | October 6 -7, 2016 Ottawa, Canada 3
Inspection Rate ▪ “Risk Food”: 100% (July-December 2015: 50, 031 tests were applied to 15, 833 lines of imported food) If 5 consecutive consignments of the food from a particular producer pass inspection, the rate of inspection for that supplier may be reduced to 25%. After a further 20 consecutive passes the rate may be reduced to 5%. One failure and the 100% rate is restored. ▪ “Surveillance Food”: 5% (random inspection) APEC Wine Regulatory Forum | October 6 -7, 2016 Ottawa, Canada 4
Failure rate ▪ http: //www. agriculture. gov. au/Site. C ollection. Documents/biosecurity/imp ort/food/ifid-jul-dec-2015. pdf Reason for Failure Label Problem Labelling 72% No importer 28% Microbiological 9% Nutrition panel 23% Contamination 8% Ingredient list 19% Batch Code 7% Country of origin 6% Warnings 3% Alcohol statement 1% ▪ 695 non-compliances APEC Wine Regulatory Forum | October 6 -7, 2016 Ottawa, Canada 5
Case Study- Honey Risk Review ▪ Imported honey tested for antimicrobials ▪ Streptomycin ▪ Sulphonamides ▪ Tetracyclines ▪ Nitrofurans ▪ Chloramphenicol ▪ Many years of high compliance ▪ Therefore testing ceased late 2015 ▪ Now testing for artificial honey- cane sugar and corn syrup additions. APEC Wine Regulatory Forum | October 6 -7, 2016 Ottawa, Canada 6
Approval of New Winemaking Additives ▪ Food Standards Australia New Zealand is responsible ▪ Applications must contain ▪ Technological purpose ▪ Chemical and physical properties of the additive ▪ Impurity profile ▪ Manufacturing process ▪ Detection method ▪ Toxicity of the additive and its degradation products ▪ Any international safety assessment reports ▪ List the foods proposed to contain the additive ▪ Maximum proposed level ▪ International usage, if any APEC Wine Regulatory Forum | October 6 -7, 2016 Ottawa, Canada 7
Proposed Changes ▪ 4 new processing aids; Silver chloride, Ammonium bisulphite, Chitin-glucan and PVI/PVP. The first will not be permitted in Australian wine. ▪ Public comment: March 2017 ▪ Anticipated gazettal October 2017 ▪ Use of water to aid fermentation ▪ Public comment: July 2016 ▪ Anticipated gazettal February 2017 ▪ Pectins and Carageenans as processing aids for Australian wine. ▪ Public comment December 2016 ▪ Anticipated gazettal July 2017 APEC Wine Regulatory Forum | October 6 -7, 2016 Ottawa, Canada 8
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