We engage with our stakeholders through formal, informal and project channels. Our well-established industry, public health and jurisdictional engagement committees support cooperative work and information sharing with stakeholders, while our public consultation processes provide everyone with the opportunity to participate in standards development. We also engage with food safety specialists, scientists, academics and regulatory experts through project and standards development advisory committees, food supply surveillance and monitoring activities, and food recalls and incidents. FSANZ engages with the public and stakeholders to inform and support its work in areas including:
- applications and proposals to change the Food Standards Code
- public health and food policy
- monitoring activities such as surveys of pesticide residues or chemicals in food
- food recalls and incidents
- consumer and food safety research
- imported food matters
- international food safety matters
- emerging food safety issues.
FSANZ is required by law to engage on the development of new standards. We do this though a call for submissions on all applications and proposals to change the Food Standards Code, notified through our website, media releases, social media and subscription channels.