{"id":"F2012L00025","name":"Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 4.1.1 - Primary Production and Processing Standards - Preliminary Provisions (Australia Only)","slug":"australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-4-1-1-primary-production-and-processing-standards","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":126260,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L00025-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"(Australia only)","sectionType":"division","heading":"(Australia only)","content":"### (Australia only)\n\nPurpose and commentary\n\nThis Standard sets out preliminary provisions which apply to the Primary Production and Processing Standards contained in Chapter 4 of the Code.\n\nTable of Provisions\n\nDivision 1 – Preliminary\n\n1 Interpretation\n\n2 Application\n\n3 When an animal or food is unacceptable\n\nDivision 2 – General food safety management requirements\n\n4 The general food safety management requirements\n\n5 Food safety management statements","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Division 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Preliminary","content":"### Division 1 – Preliminary\n\n1 Interpretation\n\nUnless the contrary intention appears, in this Chapter –\n\n> Authority means the State, Territory or Commonwealth agency or agencies having the legal authority to implement and enforce primary production and processing Standards.\n\n> control measure means a measure that prevents, eliminates or reduces to an acceptable level, a food safety hazard.\n\n> food safety management statement has the meaning given by clause 5 of this Standard.\n\n> general food safety management requirements means the requirements in Division 2 of this Standard.\n\n> handling of food includes the producing (including growing, cultivation, picking, harvesting or catching), collecting, extracting, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, delivering, preparing, treating, preserving, packing, cooking, thawing, serving or displaying of food.\n\n> hazard means a biological, chemical or physical agent in, or condition of, food that has the potential to cause an adverse health effect in humans.\n\n> inputs includes any feed, litter, water (including recycled water), chemicals or other substances used in, or in connection with, the primary production or processing activity.\n\n> supply includes intra company transfer of produce.\n\n> verification means the application of methods, procedures, tests and other tools for evaluation to determine compliance with the relevant requirement.\n\n  \n\n2 Application\n\n(1) Unless the contrary intention appears, this Standard applies to Primary Production and Processing Standards in Chapter 4 of this Code.\n\n(2) Standards in Chapter 4 of this Code do not apply in New Zealand.\n\n3 When an animal or food is unacceptable\n\n(1) An animal is unacceptable if –\n\n    (a) food derived from that animal would be unsafe;\n    (b) food derived from that animal would be unsuitable; or\n    (c) the animal is in a condition which a reasonable person would regard as making food derived from that animal unfit for human consumption.\n\n(2) A food is unacceptable if –\n\n    (a) it is unsafe;\n    (b) it is unsuitable; or\n    (c) it is in a condition, or contains a substance or organism, which a reasonable person would regard as making that food unfit for human consumption.\n\n(3) To avoid doubt, the standards in this Chapter of the Code may include other matters which, for the purposes of particular standards, make food or animals unacceptable.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Division 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"General food safety management requirements","content":"### Division 2 – General food safety management requirements\n\n4 The general food safety management requirements\n\n(1) Where a standard in this Chapter of the Code provides that a person or business is required to comply with the general food safety management requirements, that person or business must –\n\n    (a) have a food safety management statement; and\n    (b) operate according to its food safety management statement.\n\n(2) A person or business required to comply with the food safety management requirements must also –\n\n    (a) systematically examine its operations to identify potential hazards and implement control measures to address those hazards; and\n    (b) have evidence to show that a systematic examination has been undertaken and that control measures for those identified hazards have been implemented; and\n    (c) verify the effectiveness of the control measures.\n\n5 Food safety management statements\n\n> A food safety management statement is a statement which –\n\n    (a) has been approved or recognised by the authority; and\n    (b) is subject to ongoing verification activities by the business or person; and\n    (c) if required by the authority, is also subject to ongoing verification activities by the relevant authority; and\n    (d) sets out how the obligations imposed by this Chapter of the Code are to be, or are being, complied with.\n\n> Note: Editorial note:\n\n> Note that businesses with existing approved food safety arrangements (for example, HACCP-based food safety programs, Standard 3.2.1 of this Code, DAFF approved arrangements) should be considered to meet the outcomes of a food safety management statement. However, the relevant authority will need to verify that the existing food safety arrangement meets the requirements of this Division.\n\n> Note: Some of the standards in this Chapter of the Code contain definitions of ‘food safety management statement’. Those definitions will be removed when FSANZ reviews those standards.\n\n  \n\nAmendment History\n\nThe Amendment History provides information about each amendment to the Standard. The information includes commencement or cessation information for relevant amendments.\n\nThese amendments are made under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 unless otherwise indicated. Amendments do not have a specific date for cessation unless indicated as such.\n\nAbout this compilation\n\nThis is compilation No. 3 of Standard 4.1.1 as in force on 19 July 2023 (up to Amendment No. 220). It includes any commenced amendment affecting the compilation to that date.\n\nPrepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra.\n\nUncommenced amendments or provisions ceasing to have effect\n\nTo assist stakeholders, the effect of any uncommenced amendments or provisions which will cease to have effect, may be reflected in the Standard as shaded boxed text with the relevant commencement or cessation date. These amendments will be reflected in a compilation registered on the Federal Register of Legislation including or omitting those amendments and provided in the Amendment History once the date is passed.\n\nThe following abbreviations may be used in the table below:\n\nad = added or inserted am = amended\n\nexp = expired or ceased to have effect rep = repealed\n\nrs = repealed and substituted\n\nStandard 4.1.1 was published in the Food Standards Gazette No. FSC58 on 20 May 2010 as part of Amendment No. 116 (F2010L01310 — 20 May 2010). It was registered as a principal instrument on 10 January 2012 (F2012L00025) and has been amended as follows:\n\n| Section affected          | A’ment No. | FRL registrationGazette                   | Commencement(Cessation) | How affected | Description of amendment                 |\n| ------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------- |\n| 4.1.1—1                   | 128        | F2012L0002711 Jan 2012FSC7012 Jan 2012    | 21 May 2012             | am           | Amend definitions in clause 1.           |\n| 4.1.1—3                   | 128        | F2012L0002711 Jan 2012FSC7012 Jan 2012    | 21 May 2012             | ad           | Insert clause 3.                         |\n| 4.1.1—Division 2          | 128        | F2012L0002711 Jan 2012FSC7012 Jan 2012    | 21 May 2012             | ad           | Insert Division 2.                       |\n| 4.1.1—4                   | 128        | F2012L0002711 Jan 2012FSC7012 Jan 2012    | 21 May 2012             | ad           | Insert clause 4.                         |\n| 4.1.1—5                   | 128        | F2012L0002711 Jan 2012FSC7012 Jan 2012    | 21 May 2012             | ad           | Insert clause 5.                         |\n| 4.1.1—Table of Provisions | 135        | F2012L0201410 Oct 2012FSC7711 Oct 2012    | 11 October 2012         | rs           | Omit and substitute Table of Provisions. |\n| 4.1.1—Division 1          | 135        | F2012L0201410 Oct 2012FSC7711 Oct 2012    | 11 October 2012         | ad           | Insert Division 1 heading.               |\n| 4.1.1—5                   | 220        | F2023L0100411 July 2023FSC16019 July 2023 | 19 July 2023            | am           | Amend editorial note to clause 5.        |","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. Amendments inserted clause 3 (defining when an animal or food is unacceptable) and Division 2 (clauses 4–5) imposing general food safety management requirements — notably mandatory food safety management statements, verification and evidence obligations for businesses subject to Chapter 4. These additions (see clauses 3–5 and Amendment No.128 in the Amendment History) expanded the Standard from definitions/preliminaries to affirmative business obligations and authority verification roles."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to Chapter 4 — obligations apply only where a Chapter 4 standard requires them (cl.2(1))","Reasonable person standard for ‘unacceptable’ animals/food introduces interpretive judgment (cl.3(1)(c), 3(2)(c))","Authority discretion to approve/recognise and to require its own verification (definition of Authority; cl.5(a),(c))","Evidence and verification burdens on businesses — systematic examination, implementation and proof required (cl.4(2)(a)–(c))","Defined terms with operational effect (control measure, verification, inputs, handling of food) that shape compliance scope (cl.1)","Optional recognition of existing approved arrangements (e.g. HACCP) but subject to authority verification (cl.5 note)","Territorial limitation — excludes New Zealand explicitly (cl.2(2)), creating jurisdictional scope","Amendment history shows additions (clause 3 and Division 2) that changed obligations from the original text (Amendment No.128; Amendment No.220)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Standard sets out preliminary rules for Chapter 4 (Primary Production and Processing) of the Food Standards Code (Australia only). It defines key terms, when an animal or food is “unacceptable” (clause 3), and requires businesses covered by Chapter 4 to have an authority‑approved or recognised food safety management statement, operate to it, and keep evidence and verification that hazard controls work (clauses 4–5). Who pays/decides: the business must prepare and verify the statement and keep records; the relevant Authority approves/recognises and may verify (cl.5)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Standard remains focused on its original purpose as preliminary provisions for Chapter 4. The 2023 amendment (No. 220) was purely editorial—updating a note about existing food safety arrangements—without expanding substantive scope. The Standard has not grown beyond its intended role as definitional and procedural groundwork for primary production standards."},"complexity_factors":["Short length (5 operative clauses plus definitions)","Straightforward structure with only 2 Divisions","Minimal cross-referencing (primarily internal to Chapter 4)","9 defined terms in clause 1, all with plain English explanations","Simple conditional logic in clause 3 (three alternative grounds for 'unacceptable' status)","No nested exceptions or complex temporal provisions","Editorial notes provide helpful guidance rather than adding legal complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This Standard sets Australia-specific ground rules for primary production and initial processing (farming, fishing, harvesting and early handling), defining key terms like “hazard” and “control measures” and when food or animals are unacceptable. It requires approved food safety management statements and systematic hazard identification from primary producers and raw-product processors, enforced by state and territory Authorities. It’s the baseline that catches unsafe food before it enters the supply chain."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-4-1-1-primary-production-and-processing-standards","history":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-4-1-1-primary-production-and-processing-standards/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-4-1-1-primary-production-and-processing-standards/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-4-1-1-primary-production-and-processing-standards/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-4-1-1-primary-production-and-processing-standards/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-4-1-1-primary-production-and-processing-standards/documents"}}