Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 4.1.1 - Primary Production and Processing Standards - Preliminary Provisions (Australia Only)
Division 2General food safety management requirements
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Division 2 – General food safety management requirements
4 The general food safety management requirements
(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 –
(a) have a food safety management statement; and
(b) operate according to its food safety management statement.
(2) A person or business required to comply with the food safety management requirements must also –
(a) systematically examine its operations to identify potential hazards and implement control measures to address those hazards; and
(b) have evidence to show that a systematic examination has been undertaken and that control measures for those identified hazards have been implemented; and
(c) verify the effectiveness of the control measures.
5 Food safety management statements
A food safety management statement is a statement which –
(a) has been approved or recognised by the authority; and
(b) is subject to ongoing verification activities by the business or person; and
(c) if required by the authority, is also subject to ongoing verification activities by the relevant authority; and
(d) sets out how the obligations imposed by this Chapter of the Code are to be, or are being, complied with.
Note: Editorial note:
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.
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.
Amendment History
The Amendment History provides information about each amendment to the Standard. The information includes commencement or cessation information for relevant amendments.
These 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.
About this compilation
This 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.