Imported Food Control Regulations 2019. Country/Territory Australia Document type Regulation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Business/industry/corporations Enforcement/compliance Consumer protection Data collection/reporting Food quality control/food safety Inspection Institution International trade Public health Risk assessment/management Toxicity/poisoning Traceability/product tracing Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract The purpose of the Imported Food Control Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) is to: replace the Imported Food Control Regulations 1993 prior to sunsetting on 1 October 2019; provide for the Imported Food Control Inspection Scheme (Scheme) to monitor the compliance of imported food through targeted and random inspection or inspection and analysis; impose obligations on importers of food subject to the Scheme, and provide for the cost recovery charges to maintain the Scheme; incorporate provisions permitted by sections inserted into the Act as a result of the Imported Food Control Amendment Act 2018 (Amendment Act). Section 6 and 7 concerns exceptions of food to which the Regulations do not apply. Section 8 clarifies how application for a food control certificate must be made. Full text English Website www.legislation.gov.au References - Legislation Repeals Imported Food Control Regulations 1993. Legislation | Australia | 1993 (2017) Keyword: International trade, Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Classification/declassification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Imported Food Control Order 2019. Legislation | Australia | 2021 Keyword: Business/industry/corporations, Certification, Consumer protection, Fish products, Food quality control/food safety, International trade, Meat, Milk/dairy products, Molluscs, Toxicity/poisoning, Public health, Traceability/product tracing, Vending Source: FAO, FAOLEX