Imported Food Control Regulations 2019.

The purpose of the Imported Food Control Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) is to: replace the Imported Food Control Regulations 1993 prior to sunsetting on 1 October 2019; provide for the Imported Food Control Inspection Scheme (Scheme) to monitor the compliance of imported food through targeted and random inspection or inspection and analysis; impose obligations on importers of food subject to the Scheme, and provide for the cost recovery charges to maintain the Scheme; incorporate provisions permitted by sections inserted into the Act as a result of the Imported Food Control Amendment Act 2018 (Amendment Act). Section 6 and 7 concerns exceptions of food to which the Regulations do not apply. Section 8 clarifies how application for a food control certificate must be made.