Human milk and human milk products

All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported Food Inspection Scheme requirements apply.

Check our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON) for biosecurity import conditions.

We classify imported food that presents a potential medium or high risk to public health as risk food. All risk food is listed in the Imported Food Control Order 2019.

Human milk and human milk products are classified as risk food

This includes:

• Human milk
• Human milk products such as fortifiers and formula derived from human milk.

Only human milk and human milk products covered by a recognised foreign government certificate can be imported.

Current certification arrangements

No recognised foreign government certification arrangements are currently in place.

Food safety risks

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has given us advice on human milk and human milk products for 30 potential hazards. Of the hazards assessed, 15 present a potential medium or high risk to public health and safety.

To make sure there are food safety controls in place to manage the range of potential hazards for human milk and human milk products, we require imports to be covered by a recognised foreign government certificate.

Glossary

Human milk

Human milk means expressed milk collected from lactating women to be fed to infants that are not the biological infants of the women supplying the milk.

Human milk products

Human milk products mean products derived from human milk that have been specially formulated to meet the specific nutritional needs of infants such as fortifiers and formula.

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