The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA (CCI) wishes to express its appreciation to the FSANZ Board for extending the invitation to attend the Board meeting.

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Considerable attention has recently focused on the introduction of additional regulatory and economic measures for the food industry, such as further restriction on food advertising.

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Australia's food industry is extremely broad based, characterised by large diversity both in the size of businesses, products and degrees of value adding. While the backbone of the agrifood industry sector is in commodity exports (grains, meat and dairy products) recent trends show that exports into a broader range of markets of processed food and beverages is becoming increasingly important.

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CCI welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) in relation to the Review of the AANA Code for Advertising to Children.

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The Food Bill 2005 is a key initiative in achieving national consistency in the regulation of food, incorporating model provisions agreed to by the Commonwealth, States and Territories in the Food Regulation Agreement of 2002. The Bill completed its passage through the Parliament on 15 May 2008 and subject to acceptance of amendments, will be soon proclaimed an Act.

In order to assist companies reviewing their operations against the upcoming Act, CCI held an industry briefing session on 13 June 2008 in which major changes between the old and new Acts were highlighted by staff from the Department of Health.

The following document comprises the presentation used during the briefing session.

• Food Bill 2005