Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Western Australia

Description

You must comply with this code if you intend to conduct a food business or prepare or import food intended for sale. This code provides:

  • general standards for the production of food
  • specific minimum standards for the production of various types of food
  • standards for genetically modified foods
  • labelling and information requirements.

Compliance with this code is necessary to ensure that all food products are safe and are labelled correctly.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
Comply Company, Co-operative, Other, Partnership, Sole Trader Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Food Act 2008 Western Australia

Regulation(s) name

Food Regulations 2009 Western Australia

Administering agency

Department of Health

Contact details

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