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The status quo option involves continuation of current State and Territory regulatory arrangements, including the obligation to produce safe food under the Food Acts, and application of the current provisions of the Code as administered and enforced by the States and Territories. This includes provisions applicable to seafood in Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the Code. States and Territories and AQIS would continue to test for compliance against the Code and undertake other enforcement measures.
State-based standards for the primary production of seafood have been implemented in NSW and Victoria’s scheme will commence for wild catch and aquaculture in 2004. It is likely that other States will develop their own standards if there is no nationally consistent standard. These schemes would continue to be enforced by States and Territories. The regulation of bivalve molluscs through aquaculture licensing arrangements would continue on a State-by-State basis.
The status quo would include the voluntary uptake of the Seafood Services Australia industry standard for seafood safety and the ongoing utilisation/implementation of various industry guidelines and codes of practice addressing seafood safety and quality (industry self-regulation).
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