The Implementation Subcommittee for Food Regulation (ISFR) is updating its guidance on compliance, monitoring and enforcement. This updated material will provide guidance to food regulators in conducting their compliance, monitoring and enforcement activities.
The updated guidance will establish expectations for industry stakeholders on the approach taken by food regulators to compliance, monitoring and enforcement. In this context, ISFR sought comments from stakeholders on the draft revised guidance on compliance, monitoring and enforcement.
The updated guidance material is centred on a compliance and enforcement continuum as outlined in the consultation paper provided below.
- Generating compliance
- Monitoring compliance
- Responding to non-compliance
The updated draft guidance outlines the various activities and tools that may be used during each stage of this continuum and provides the rationale and examples.
Written submissions were invited on the following four draft documents, available below in both PDF and Word format:
Food Regulation Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Strategy 2017 (PDF 159 KB)
Food Regulation Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Strategy 2017 (Word 83 KB)
Appendix 1 - Actions for food regulators for generating compliance (PDF 67 KB)
Appendix 1 - Actions for food regulators for generating compliance (Word 43 KB)
Appendix 2 - Actions for food regulators for monitoring and assessing compliance (PDF 65 KB)
Appendix 2 - Actions for food regulators for monitoring and assessing compliance (Word 43 KB)
Appendix 3 - Actions for food regulators for responding to non-compliance (PDF 191 KB)
Appendix 3 - Actions for food regulators for responding to non-compliance (Word 61 KB)
Submissions closed on 28 July 2017.
The ISFR working group considered the ten submissions received from industry, public health and government stakeholders. The revised guidance material on compliance, monitoring and enforcement was finalised in early 2018 and is available here.
