New Zealand border issues The submission from the New Zealand Food Safety Authority made the suggestion of having a single consistent standard to be applied across Australian export and domestic shellfish products. This would not be appropriate, as the Export Orders require higher level HACCP requirements for all seafood. This would not be in line with the policy of minimum effective regulation across the low and medium risk products.
NZFSA also raised the issue of equivalence between the NZ Animal Products legislation and the instruments made under the legislation. It was noted that the proposed standard has far less controls than in New Zealand and that this would mean they have little choice but to continue their risk list protections for shellfish.
It is noted that importing countries have the prerogative to impose higher import requirements where justified. The Export Control (Processed Food) Orders require a higher level of requirements for all seafood products and growers who export bivalve molluscs will need to meet these requirements.
