THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA AND ASIA. October 2015 Kim Leighton Director Strategic Projects NSW Food Authority

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1 THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA AND ASIA October 2015 Kim Leighton Director Strategic Projects NSW Food Authority

2 GLOBAL TRADE Food safety is an essential requirement for trade High profile incidents from imported foods undermine confidence Burden of regulatory compliance for exporters Bilateral and multilateral agreements increase opportunities

3 ASIAN CENTURY ASEAN Harmonisation and single marketplace 2015 Laboratory capability and regional reference labs China New food safety laws from October 2015 Risk prevention, ingredient and processing regulations Tougher penalties India New food safety and standards laws Labelling requirements GM, category, price.

4 FOOD LABEL Differing mandatory nutrition labelling Australian, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, India. Differences in NRV, mandatory nutrients and formatting Health claims - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore Health logo - Singapore Health warnings - Indonesia: salt, fat and sugar content Mandatory GDA - Thailand labelling for certain foods Voluntary GDA - Industry Guideline for Front of Pack Labelling

5 WHY ASEAN, WHY NOW? ASEAN is at the tipping point in its economic development, moving towards and integrated economic community in 2015 US$2.5 trillion GDP US$600 billion infrastructure spend 15% of Australian current trade 81 million consumers double by rd largest global labour force 626 million people

6 ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 10 Member Country cooperation agreement Development in Food Law Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) ASEAN Common Food Control Requirements (ACFCRs) Common Principles and Requirements for Food Labelling Principles and Requirements for Food Hygiene Guidelines for Food Reference Laboratories Principles and Guidelines for Harmonisation of Food Import-Export Inspection and Certification System General Guidelines on the Preparation and Handling of Halal Food

7 FOOD SAFETY FOR SME APEC Food Safety Cooperation Forum World Bank Global Food Safety Partnership Consumer Goods Forum Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Global supply chain private standards, meeting regulatory and customer quality requirements.

8 MARKET ACCESS TRADE DEALS Australian FTAs Chile, Japan, New Zealand, USA, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, China North Asia Free Trade Agreement Australia-Indonesia Closer Economic Partnership Agreement Work in progress Trans Pacific Partnership Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Australia-India Closer Economic Partnership

9 DIGITALISATION Corporate consumer engagement Product traceability, alert and recall system QR codes for product information Internet access through smart phones

10 SMARTPHONE In 2015 nearly 90% of all mobile phone users will have a smartphone and use their smartphone to send at least once a day 58% access social networking daily 57% use IM at least once a day 27% browse or search the internet at least once a day 66% were high level users of social networking on smartphone 57%

11 EACH YEAR THE NSW FOOD AUTHORITY LICENSES 14,500 food businesses CONDUCTS 16,000 audits and inspections (including export audits) MANAGES 1,000 investigations for breaches and prosecutions REPORTS on more than 500 investigations of foodborne illness RESPONDS to 36,000 helpline calls and complaints from industry and consumers

12 GOALS INCREASE food businesses contributions to NSW s economic growth and prosperity SUPPORT access to export markets and reduce nontechnical barriers ACHIEVE a premium on international and domestic markets through reputational value. REDUCE food safety failure rate through education and training to improve safe food-handling processes. DELIVER online licence applications to 15,000 businesses in BUILD audit capacity by partnering with third-parties to conduct audits.

13 In transitional economies such as China and India, consumers focus is shifting from food security to food safety and quality. This is a significant driver of growth of NSW s food export markets, which are now outperforming competitors such as the US and Canada in terms of products being good value, safe and disease-free.

14 THANK YOU Threats and Opportunities in Australia and Asia October 2015 Kim Leighton, Director Strategic Projects foodauthority.nsw.gov.au nswfoodauthority nswfoodauth