General circulars
The Authority issues general circulars from time to time to inform businesses about developments in industry regulation and to highlight particular food safety standards and requirements. Recent circulars include:
| Number | Subject | Issued | ||||
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| 2012 | ||||||
| 05/2012 | Training requirements for red meat domestic abattoirs  (all NSW red meat domestic abattoirs) |
16 May 2012 | ||||
| 04/2012 | Game meat field harvester vehicle audit program changes (all game meat harvester vehicle audit program changes) |
29 March 2012 | ||||
| 03/2012 | Egg Stamping (all NSW egg producers and processors) |
6 March 2012 | ||||
| 02/2012 | Management responsibilities for animal welfare at abattoirs (all licensed poultry and rabbit abattoirs) |
15 February 2012 | ||||
| 01/2012 | Management responsibilities for animal welfare at abattoirs (all licensed red meat abattoirs) |
10 February 2012 | ||||
| 2011 | ||||||
| 04/2011 | Audits of export registered establishments in NSW (all export registered establishments) |
14 December 2011 | ||||
| 03/2011 | Antibiotic notification and milk cooling temperatures (all dairy processor and dairy primary production licensees) |
17 October 2011 | ||||
| 02/2011 | Invitation to apply to move to the Regulatory Food Safety Auditor System (all licensed food businesses) |
10 June 2011 | ||||
| 01/2011 | Performance audit program (all red meat retail and processing licensees) |
10 January 2011 | ||||
| 2010 | ||||||
| 10/2010 | Changes to place of harvest information required on wild game harvester carcase tags (all game meat licensees that harvest for human consumption) |
20 December 2010 | ||||
| 09/2010 | Commencement of Beef Labelling requirements (all red meat abattoirs, meat processors & retail meat licensees) |
1 December 2010 | ||||
| 08/2010 | Increased cases of Cysticercus bovis reported in NSW (all red meat abattoir licensees) |
6 August 2010 | ||||
| 07/2010 | Approval of Meat Safety Inspectors with NSW Food Authority (all domestic red meat abattoirs) |
2 July 2010 | ||||
| 06/2010 | Introduction of Food Regulation 2010 (All NSW Food Authority licensees) Attachment 1 - Key differences between Food Regulation 2010 and Food Regulation 2004 |
21 June 2010 | ||||
| 05-2010 | Game harvester refresher training (all game meat field harvesters) |
28 May 2010 | ||||
| 04-2010 | Regulatory responsibility for seafood processers that export (all seafood processers that export) |
11 May 2010 | ||||
| 02-2010 | New requirements for a food safety program and commencement of auditing for field harvesters (all game meat field harvesters) |
28 April 2010 | ||||
| 01-2010 | Revised Food Safety Program and commencement of auditing for field depots (all class 4 game meat processing licensees (field depots)) |
27 January 2010 | ||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| 07-2008 | Dairy farm audit program (all dairy farm licensees) |
13 November 2008
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| 07-2008 (attachment) | Dairy farm audit checklist (all dairy farm licensees) |
13 November 2008 | ||||
| 06-2008 | Listeria Management Program Booklet | 4 September 2008 | ||||
| 05-2008 | Revised documents for use in a retail meat premises (retail meat licensees) |
23 June 2008 | ||||
| 04-2008 | Regulatory guidelines for the control of Listeria Attachment - MSC 03/2008 Regulatory guidelines for the control of Listeria (meat processors and retail meat licensees) |
23 June 2008
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| 03-2008 | Food Safety Program & Auditing Requirements for Seafood Store Licensees (seafood store licensees) |
4 April 2008
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| 02-2008 | Unpasteurised Juice producers - Requirements for the production of unpasteurised juice (unpasteurised juice producers) |
4 April 2008
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| 01-2008 | Verification Audits of Farms (dairy farmers) |
4 April 2008
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| 2007 | ||||||
| 03-2007 | Delvotest Accelerator Approved Test Method (dairy factories) |
30 October 2007
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| 01-2007 | Livestock Traceability and Residue Management Programs (red meat abattoir licensees) |
31 May 2007 | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| 03-2006 | Antibiotic detection method approved for use (all dairy factories) |
February 2006
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| 02-2006 | Compliance with National Livestock Identification Scheme (all red meat abattoirs) |
7 February 2006
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