New South Wales Food Authority (NSW Food Authority) is an Australian government statutory authority, responsible for food safety and food labelling regulations in the state as well as consumer food safety promotion. It is part of the executive arm of the Government of New South Wales, within the portfolio of the Minister for Primary Industries, and is a partner agency in the NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services.
The authority was established in April 2004 with the amalgamation of SafeFood Production NSW and the food inspection activities of the Department of Health (being the former Food Branch and the food inspection staff of the Area Health Services). SafeFood Production NSW was itself the product of a series of amalgamations of industry-specific organisations. NSW is the first Australian state to consolidate such a wide range of food safety and food labelling functions into a single, central government agency.
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