7.3.1.2 Seafood industry
Improvement to the management of the safety for high risk seafood products will benefit industry because the recurring reductions in consumer demand and product sales that have resulted from incidences of food-borne illness, such as those that occurred as a result of the Wallis Lake outbreak, would be minimised under this option.
The consequence will be fewer incidents of food-borne illness and fewer highly visible outbreaks that have been a feature of the past and may still occur under the status quo.
The National Risk Validation Project showed that reductions in demand occur not only for the high risk product that caused the food-borne illness, but flow through to all seafood products. Ensuring that the safety of high risk products is appropriately managed on the basis of risk from boat to plate will improve safety overall and protect the sales revenues of the seafood industry. This is likely to have a positive impact on both the local and international markets.
Nationally consistent, mandatory requirements that ensure compliance with ASQAP and with food safety programs will contribute to a consistent record of safety for bivalves, thereby reducing the chance of something going wrong in one State and putting the entire sector at risk.
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