10 October 2001
05/02
DRAFT ASSESSMENT REPORT
(FULL ASSESSMENT - SECTION 15 OF THE ANZFA ACT)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- This Application seeks to amend Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) for antibiotics in the Food Standards Code.
- On 24 November 2000, the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council (ANZFSC) adopted the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (published as Volume 2 of the Food Standards Code). Subsequently, all applications to amend MRLs will now also be incorporated into Volumes 1 and 2 of the Food Standards Code(Standard A14 and Standard 1.4.2 respectively). Consequently, all references throughout this document to the Food Standards Code are references to both Volumes 1 and 2 of the Food Standards Code.
- In its initial assessment ANZFA, in error, stated that the deletion of the MRLs for benzyl G penicillin and procaine penicillin would not result in MRLs that were more restrictive than codex. As stated in a submission, Benzyl G penicillin and procaine penicillin form part of the Procaine benzylpenicillin group for which there are codex MRLs. To allow additional public consultation on these MRLs ANZFA is seeking a second round of submissions under section 17(3)(a) of the Act.
- The current Application (A422) is a routine application from the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (NRA), to update the Food Standards Code in order to reflect current registration status of antibiotics in veterinary use in Australia.
- The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care has undertaken an appropriate toxicological assessment of the antibiotics and has established relevant acceptable daily intakes(ADI).
- ANZFA is satisfied from the dietary modelling performed that the changes to the Food Standards Code for the chemicals in this Application will not cause the ADI to be exceeded.
- None of ANZFA' s section 10 objectives of food regulatory measures are compromised by the proposed changes. The requested variation to the Food Standards Code should commence on gazettal.
- ANZFA at initial assessment made a Sanitary and Phytosanitary notification to the World Trade Organization (and it is not necessary to make another).
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