Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY ACT 1991 No. 118, 1991 - SECT 7

7. The functions of the Authority are:

   (a)  to deal with applications for the development or variation of
        standards in accordance with this Act; and

   (b)  to prepare proposals for the development or variation of standards and
        to deal with those proposals in accordance with this Act; and

   (c)  to prepare draft standards and draft variations of standards and to
        make recommendations to the Council in respect of those draft
        standards or draft variations; and

   (d)  to review standards; and

   (e)  in consultation with the States and Territories, or on its own
        initiative, to co-ordinate the surveillance by the States, the
        Territories and any other bodies or persons of food available in
        Australia; and

   (f)  in consultation with the States and Territories, or on its own
        initiative, to conduct research and surveys in relation to any of the
        matters that may be included in a standard; and

   (g)  in co-operation with the States and Territories, to develop food
        safety education initiatives; and

   (h)  in co-operation with the Department administering Division 1A of Part
        V of the Trade Practices Act 1974, to co-ordinate the recall of food
        under that Division; and

   (i)  at the request of the States and Territories, to co-ordinate action by
        the States and Territories to recall food under State and Territory
        laws; and

   (j)  to develop assessment policies in relation to food imported into
        Australia; and

   (k)  to provide advice to the Minister on matters relating to food; and

   (l)  to develop codes of practice for industry on any matter that may be
        included in a standard; and

   (m)  any functions incidental to any of the foregoing functions.