Imported Food Control Order 2001
as amended
made under regulations 7 and 8 of the
Imported Food Control Regulations 1993
This compilation was prepared on 17 February 2010
taking into account amendments up to Imported Food Control Amendment Order
2010 (No. 1)
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
Contents
1 Name of Order [see Note 1]
This Order is the Imported Food Control Order 2001.
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
This Order commences on gazettal.
3 Definitions
(1) In this Order:
beef means the flesh, bone, offal or any other tissue of cattle.
beef products means food prepared from or containing beef, but does not include gelatine, collagen, rendered fats, tallow or di-calcium phosphate.
New Zealand product means a product that:
(a) is imported from New Zealand; and
(b) was made or produced in New Zealand.
ready-to-eat: see suborder (2).
(2) Food is ready-to-eat if it is ordinarily consumed in the same state as that in which it is sold.
4 Identification and classification of food
(1) Food of a kind to which the Act applies that is mentioned in clause 1 of Schedule 1 is required to be inspected, or inspected and analysed, under the Scheme as risk food.
(2) Food to which a compliance agreement applies is classified as compliance agreement food.
(2A) Suborder (1) does not apply to food that is classified under suborder (2).
(3) If food of a particular kind is required to be inspected, or inspected and analysed, under the Scheme as a particular class of food, the food is classified as included in that class.
5 Previous Imported Food Control Orders — revocation
Each order made under regulation 7 or 8 of the Imported Food Control
Regulations 1993 that is in force immediately before this Order commences is revoked.
Schedule 1 Risk food
(suborder 4 (1))
1 Kinds of food
For suborder 4 (1), the kinds of food are each kind of food that is described in an item of the following table.
Item Kinds of food
1 Beef (whether cooked or uncooked and whether or not chilled or frozen)
2 Beef products (whether cooked or uncooked and whether or not chilled or frozen)
2A Cassava chips that are ready-to-eat
3 Cheese, other than cheese that is a New Zealand product, of the following kinds:
(a) curd cheese;
(b) fresh cheese that is not fermented, including whey cheese;
(c) soft cheese;
(d) soft smoked cheese;
(e) surface-ripened cheese
4 Chicken meat that is cooked (whether or not chilled or frozen), but is not canned
5 Coconut that is dried
6 Crustaceans, including prawns, that are cooked (whether or not chilled or frozen), but are not canned
7 Fish of the following kinds:
(a) tuna, including canned tuna (whether dried or not);
(b) tuna products;
(c) mackerel;
(d) ready-to-eat finfish
8 Manufactured meat that is cooked, including meat pastes and paté
9 Manufactured meat that is uncooked
10 Marinara mix (whether or not chilled or frozen)
11 Molluscs Bivalve (whether cooked or uncooked)
12 Paprika that is dried
13 Peanuts and any food that contains peanuts
14 Peanut products and any food that contains peanut products
15 Pepper that is dried
16 Pistachios and any food that contains pistachios
17 Pistachio products and any food that contains pistachio products
18 Pig meat that is cooked (whether or not chilled or frozen), but is not canned
19 Poultry patés and poultry livers that are ready for consumption (whether or not chilled or frozen), but that are not canned
20 Seaweed - Hijiki only
21 Sesame seeds and sesame seed products
Notes to the Imported Food Control Order 2001
Note 1
The Imported Food Control Order 2001 (in force under regulations 7 and 8 of the Imported Food Control Regulations 1993) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Instruments
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted