U.S. and Australian Food Safety Systems are “Comparable”
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new partnership with the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. Both parties now recognize each other’s food safety systems as “comparable”. By recognizing each other’s systems, the FDA and Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources have confidence that they can leverage each other’s science-based regulatory systems to help ensure food safety.
This means that each party will consider the oversight of the other when prioritizing inspection activities. There will also be the implementation of systems recognition to help the countries collaborate on outbreak responses.