Comments that both Victoria and New South Wales require seafood businesses to have in place a food safety program. If a fisherman on the state borders is forced by bad weather to land and sell fish in another state, they would fall foul of local state laws.
Questions whether Victoria and NSW will accept the Primary Production and Processing Standard for Seafood for foods sold in their jurisdiction under such circumstances.
If not, believes consideration should be given to applying the food safety programs requirement to the entire sector around Australia in the interests of consistency and in order to overcome any internal trade barriers that may develop.
Imported Foods
Questions whether seafood imported into Australia will be required to demonstrate it has been grown/collected/harvested in accordance with this standard. Also questions whether food imported into NSW and Victoria and all bivalve molluscs imported into anywhere in Australia be required to demonstrate that they have food safety programs that comply with Standard 3.2.1. If not, believes we have a double standard and the local industry is being disadvantaged.
