3.5 Summary of regulation of the Australian seafood sector
The existing regulatory arrangements for domestically produced, imported and exported seafood are summarised in Table 3.
There is no nationally consistent approach to seafood that obliges all of the industry to manage the safety of their product at the primary end of the food chain. The fragmented, and at times voluntary nature of existing management systems, creates gaps and an uneven approach to food safety.
Table 3: Seafood regulation in Australia
