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Food safety management certificates

Certain food imported into Australia must be covered by a recognised food safety management certificate. Imported food that require this type of certificate is listed in the Imported Food Control Order 2019.

See a current list of food requiring this certificate.

The certificate is evidence that a food has been produced through a food safety management system. This system must have appropriate controls in place to manage food safety hazards.

159-2020 - Imported fresh whole kiwifruit from Italy and France

18 September 2020

Who does this notice affect?

The Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies, the Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifood and Forestry of France, and exporters, importers and retailers of fresh whole kiwifruit from Italy and France.

What has changed?

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) has updated the approved cold treatment schedules1 for the management of Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) on fresh kiwifruit from Italy and France.

157-2020 - Importers and customs brokers to provide manufacturer’s safety data sheet to inspecting officer when lodging consignments of containerised fertiliser

Who does this notice affect?

This notice is of interest to importers and customs brokers who import containerised fertiliser classified as a hazardous chemical.

156-2020 - New and updated resources to make it easier to apply to import a range of processed plant and animal-based feed and their ingredients

17 September 2020

Who does this notice affect?

Importers of:

  • processed stockfeed, stockfeed ingredients, additives and supplements
  • pet food, including bird food and fish food
  • aquarium, hatchery or aquaculture feed.

What has changed?

We’re making it easier to apply to import a range of processed plant and animal-based feed and their ingredients to Australia.

Importers can now access the following new and updated resources and forms when applying for an import permit.

155-2020 - Trial of alternative arrangements for site audits of facilities that manufacture and export processed plant-based stockfeed to Australia

17 September 2020

Who does this notice affect?

Australian importers and overseas manufacturers and exporters of processed plant-based stockfeed.

What has changed?

When you apply for a permit to import processed plant-based stockfeed to Australia, we must often undertake a physical inspection of the proposed offshore facilities to confirm they meet our biosecurity requirements for processing and exporting the product to Australia.

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