No 355
House of Representatives
Supplementary Order Paper
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Food Safety Law Reform Bill
Proposed amendments
Steffan Browning, in Committee, to move the following amendments:
New clauses 3A and 3B
After clause 3 (page 14, after line 6), insert:
3A Section 4 amended (Purpose)
In section 4(f), replace “.”
with “; and”
, and after section 4(f), insert:
(g)
require regular and effective monitoring and enforcement of food labelling requirements for irradiated foods and genetically modified foods.
3B Section 8 amended (Interpretation)
In section 8, insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:
genetically modified food means food or ingredients of food that contain novel DNA or novel protein, as defined in Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, Standard 1.5.2
irradiated food means food, or food that contains ingredients or components, that is required to be labelled as irradiated food by Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, Standard 1.5.3
Clause 4
In clause 4 (page 14, after line 10), insert as subsection (2):
(2)
After section 18(2), insert:
(3)
The chief executive must ensure regular and effective monitoring and enforcement of food labelling requirements for irradiated foods and genetically modified foods.