Supports preferred regulatory Option 3 as the approach will result in seafood safety management systems that are commensurate to risk, with those products and sectors of the industry more likely to cause food-borne illness and/or create severe adverse health effects will require a greater degree of regulation.
Agrees that higher-risk seafood products should require a greater level of safety management and regulation.
Do not believe that lower-risk products should be exempt from implementing food safety schemes. Consumers have a right to expect that their food is safe and that governments will do everything in their power to ensure that the industry provides a safe and hygienic product.
Believes that all seafood businesses must meet some minimum level of food safety management. Understands that many seafood businesses will already meet the minimum requirements. Believes consumers will welcome the requirement for businesses that don’t already have safety management systems in place to change their practices.
