Starting a food business involves a range of requirements and obligations to ensure food sold is safe and suitable to eat.
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Enforcement of the Food Act 2003 helps achieve the effective management of food safety risks and the prevention of misleading conduct in connection with the sale of food.
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The NSW Food Authority can issue export certificates to NSW food manufacturers to facilitate export trade. However, the first port of call is the Australian Department of Agriculture.
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Enforcement of the Food Act 2003 helps achieve the effective management of food safety risks and the prevention of misleading conduct in connection with the sale of food. -
Cold stores are businesses that store high-risk food products that would normally require a license to manufacture, such as meat, seafood, plant or dairy.
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The NSW Food Authority licences around 1,700 businesses in the dairy sector.
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The NSW egg industry is a diverse and varied with 34% of all egg production in Australia occurring in NSW.
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The NSW Food Authority can issue export certificates to NSW food manufacturers to facilitate export trade. However, the first port of call is the Australian Department of Agriculture. -
Find the information you need to understand what a food label is telling you, and manage your food choices. -
Food safety programs are designed to help businesses identify and manage hazards to food safety.
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The NSW Food Authority has prepared the NSW Food Safety Schemes Manual (the Manual) to specify testing requirements for the following Food Safety Schemes und
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If you're a food business that transports food, you need to keep food protected from contamination and at the right temperature so it stays safe to eat.
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Manufacturing and wholesaling businesses produce and sell foods by wholesale with a limited or no retail sales business component.
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NSW is the largest producer of poultry meat in Australia, producing around a third of the national total.
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NSW plant product businesses are those that handle fresh cut fruit, fresh cut vegetables, vegetables in oil, unpasteurised juice or seed sprouts.
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NSW has a diverse fishing and seafood industry.
The NSW Food Authority licenses around 1,900 businesses in the sector.
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The NSW Food Authority licenses around 240 shellfish businesses, which include oyster farmers and shellfish wild harvesters.
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Starting a food business involves a range of requirements and obligations to ensure food sold is safe and suitable to eat. -
The NSW Food Authority currently licenses around 1,200 businesses that provide food service to vulnerable persons which includes:
