Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

The  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Water  Resources (the department) is remaking the Imported Food Control Regulations (the Regulations). The Imported Food Control Regulations are made under the  Imported Food Control Act 1992 and are part of the legislative framework for the importation of food for commercial purposes into Australia.
Currently the Regulations:
  establish  and  set  out  the  operation  of  the  Imported  Food  Inspection  Scheme  (the Scheme);
  enable the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources to make Orders that classify imported  foods  and  determine  how  these  foods  are  selected  for  inspection,  or inspection and analysis under the Scheme;
  set out provisions for application of:
o  food control certificates;
o  defining when a food is a failing food;
o  chargeable service fees for assessing imported food at the border.