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NSW Food Regulation 2025
Australia (New South Wales)
vFood Regulation 2025 (2025-429), commenced 1 September 2025; current version for 1 March 2026 to date (incorporating Schedule 9 amendments in force 12 February 2026 and 1 March 2026), accessed 19 October 2026
11 domains
79 controls
The NSW Food Regulation 2025 under the Food Act 2003: food safety supervisor certificates, kilojoule display, food business licensing and the dairy, meat, plant products, seafood, vulnerable persons and egg food safety schemes, with their processing, testing, notification, record keeping, shellfish and egg biosecurity duties, fees and auditor reporting.
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NSW Food Regulation 2025 is a compliance framework from Australia (New South Wales) with 11 domains and 79 controls that map to 11 other frameworks. The largest domains are Part 6: meat food safety scheme (sections 68 to 111, Schedules 4 to 6) – NSW Food Regulation 2025 (21 controls), Part 10: egg food safety scheme and the Salmonella Enteritidis licence condition (sections 157 to 179, Schedule 8) – NSW Food Regulation 2025 (16 controls), Part 4: food safety schemes, general provisions: licensing, food safety programs, inspections and audits (sections 31 to 49) – NSW Food Regulation 2025 (10 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (11)
Part 10: egg food safety scheme and the Salmonella Enteritidis licence condition (sections 157 to 179, Schedule 8) – NSW Food Regulation 2025
16 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::162 | Egg producers comply with the Code primary production rules for eggs: small producers Standards 2.2.2, 3.2.2 clause 4, 4.1.1 and 4.2.5 Divisions 1 and 2; egg businesses also Standards 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.2.2 Divisions 1 and 4 and 3.2.3 |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::164 | Sell unpasteurised egg products and unpasteurised blended egg mixtures only to a licensee authorised to pasteurise them |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::165-166 | Never use unpasteurised egg product in food except to make a blended mixture, and never put an unpasteurised blended mixture into food for sale |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::167 | Sell cracked eggs only to licensed egg product makers or processors, and use them in food only to make egg product or blended mixtures (or when cracked during preparation) |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::168 | Deal with visibly dirty eggs by selling them to a licensed washer or dry cleaner, cleaning the shell, or breaking them by a low-contact process that pasteurises the product |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::169 | Do not sell eggs from birds given veterinary chemicals in breach of the Stock Medicines Act or Pesticides Act unless the Food Authority approves after shown compliance with Standard 1.4.2 |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::170-171 | Pasteurise egg products and blended mixtures to Standard 4.2.5 with Manual-compliant equipment, or by an equivalent or greater lethal process using Authority-approved equipment |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::172 | Egg licensees have analysed at their own cost the Manual-listed eggs and egg products, non-reticulated water, and, for Schedule 8 farms, each shed and poultry housing area |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::173 | Use NATA or Food Authority approved laboratories for egg testing and notify failed results orally within 24 hours and in writing within 48 hours |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::174-177 | Keep two years of records for every sale, purchase, transport and storage of cracked eggs, unpasteurised egg products and unpasteurised blended mixtures |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::Sch 8 cl 11 | Heat sanitise reused cardboard egg flats and cartons, disinfect reused plastic flats and fillers, clean pallets after each use, and store pallets away from rodent habitat, unless the items stay within the same premises or network or are new |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::Sch 8 cl 3 | Demarcate the egg production area, sign every entrance with a contact-first notice and the licensee's details, brief entrants on the biosecurity measures, and admit only those who agree to follow them |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::Sch 8 cl 4-5 | Provide at every production area entrance boot scraping and daily-checked disinfectant footbaths, or clean shed boots, or single-use boot covers, plus hand washing materials or sanitiser |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::Sch 8 cl 6-7 | Keep visitor parking outside the production area, provide vehicle wheel washing, and make every person entering seek permission, clean hands, follow boot hygiene and wash vehicles in and out |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::Sch 8 cl 8 | Document and run a vermin control strategy: rodent proofing, risk-based numbered and mapped bait stations out of poultry reach, a 3 metre cleared buffer, wild bird exclusion, recorded checks and secure dead bird disposal |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::Sch 8 cl 9-10 | Keep two years of records of everyone entering the production area, every delivery and removal (made within a month), all poultry deaths, and every poultry purchase, sale or destocking with property identification codes |
Part 1: preliminary, enforcement agencies, Food Standards Code modifications and notification (sections 1 to 7) – NSW Food Regulation 2025
1 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::7 | Give the enforcement agency the Standard 3.2.2 clause 4 business and food handling details in writing, on paper or electronically |
Part 2: food safety supervisor certificates and approved training organisations (sections 8 to 22) – NSW Food Regulation 2025
4 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::12-13 | Issue a food safety supervisor certificate only to a person who achieved the Authority's required units through the issuing organisation, while it was approved, within the six months before issue |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::14-15 | Use the Food Authority's approved certificate form and identifying number, remit the 30 dollar charge for each certificate issued, and charge candidates no more than 30 dollars |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::17 | Hold Food Authority approval before training or assessing anyone for a food safety supervisor certificate; apply in the approved form with the 100 dollar application and 1,200 dollar approval fees, and renew each year |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::19 | Use only trainers and assessors the Food Authority has approved in writing, supplying their documents in the approved form with each individual's consent |
Part 3: kilojoule display at standard food outlets (sections 23 to 30) – NSW Food Regulation 2025
4 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::25-26 | Chains selling standard food items at 20 or more NSW or 50 or more Australian locations: show each item's average energy in kilojoules and the 8,700 kJ daily intake statement |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::27 | Businesses outside the threshold that choose to show kilojoules must use the same prescribed calculation and display rules |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::28 | Place kilojoule figures on every menu, price tag and label, next to the item name or price and on the drive-through board, consistently across items; place the daily intake statement on each menu, display area and drive-through board |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::29 | Make kilojoule figures and the daily intake statement legible, in numerals with kJ, and in the same font and at least the size of the price, unit price or item name as the outlet type requires |
Part 4: food safety schemes, general provisions: licensing, food safety programs, inspections and audits (sections 31 to 49) – NSW Food Regulation 2025
10 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::32 | Do not carry on a dairy, meat, plant products, seafood, vulnerable persons or egg business without a current Food Authority licence covering it |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::33 | Apply for a licence on the approved form with the 85 dollar application fee, the self-calculated licence fee and the information the Food Authority needs, and answer further information requests |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::37 | As a licence condition, keep the licensed activities, premises and vehicles compliant with the Food Act, this regulation and the relevant Food Standards Code standards; egg primary producers also meet Schedule 8 |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::40-41 | Treat the licence as personal to the holder, and renew it by paying the notified licence fee (and any seafood levies) or the approved instalment before expiry |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::42 | Pay licence fees and levies by the date in the Food Authority's notice (at least 42 days out), keep to any instalment approval, and expect overdue treatment of the whole balance if an instalment is missed |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::43 | Display the Food Authority licensing label on each licensed vehicle, readable from outside, whenever it operates for the business and until the label expires |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::44 | Display the relevant part of the licence on every licensed premises and carry it in every licensed vehicle |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::45 | Where the Food Standards Code, this regulation or a licence condition requires a food safety program, make it meet both the Code and the regulation's requirements |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::47 | Get Food Authority approval before engaging an external food safety auditor to audit the business's food safety program |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::48 | Pay the Food Authority 370 dollars an hour (minimum half an hour, travel excluded, CPI-indexed) for licence inspections and food safety program audits |
Part 5: dairy food safety scheme (sections 50 to 67) – NSW Food Regulation 2025
9 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::54 | Dairy primary producers comply with Standard 3.2.1 (food safety programs) and Standard 4.2.4 clauses 1 to 11, and clauses 17 to 30 when producing milk for raw milk cheese |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::56 | Sell dairy products for human consumption only after processing to Standard 4.2.4 clauses 15 and 16, or for raw milk cheese after meeting clauses 31 to 35 |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::57-58 | Process milk used to make dairy products as Standard 4.2.4 requires, and validate pasteurisers against the ANZDAC heat treatment validation and verification guidelines |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::59 | Dairy processors use milk for human consumption or manufacture only if it meets the Code limits for metals, contaminants, agvet and drug residues (Standards 1.4.1, 1.4.2 and 2.5.1) |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::60 | Sell, deliver or supply raw milk products only when treated, packed and labelled to deter people drinking them and so they cannot reasonably be taken as fit for human consumption |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::61 | Milk and raw milk product carriers record the milk temperature and take a representative, temperature-controlled sample at each collection |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::62 | Dairy processors and raw milk product makers have product and non-reticulated water samples analysed at their own cost, at Manual or notice frequency |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::63 | Use NATA or Food Authority approved laboratories, and report a failed dairy result to the Food Authority by phone within 24 hours and in writing within 48 hours |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::64-65 | Keep dairy milk analysis results available for 12 months, and at dairy produce stores keep receipt and dispatch records for the longer of 12 months or shelf life |
Part 6: meat food safety scheme (sections 68 to 111, Schedules 4 to 6) – NSW Food Regulation 2025
21 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::100-102 | Hold issued meat brands in a locked place accessible only to the licensee and inspector, report a lost or stolen brand immediately and hand back the rest, and return brands and equipment within 7 days of the licence ending |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::103-104 | Do not make, possess or apply any brand or mark resembling a prescribed meat brand without authority under the regulation or Food Authority approval |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::105 | Do not operate an abattoir or game meat primary processing plant unless a meat safety inspector holds the position with Food Authority written approval |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::106 | Meat safety inspectors report every contravention of the regulation at their abattoir or game plant to the Food Authority as soon as practicable |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::108 | Meat licensees have analysed at their own cost: abattoir non-reticulated water, processing plant meat products, retail ready-to-eat meat and rendered by-products, at Manual or notice frequency |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::109 | Use NATA or Food Authority approved laboratories for meat analyses and notify failed results orally within 24 hours and in writing within 48 hours |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::72 | Poultry primary producers notify under Standard 3.2.2 clause 4 and comply with Standard 4.1.1 and Standard 4.2.2 clauses 1 to 10 |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::74 | Slaughter for people only abattoir or game animals, process for people only abattoir or game meat, and make processed meat only from inspector-passed meat |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::75 | Run abattoirs to AS 4696:2023 for red meat and to the species standards for poultry, rabbit, ratite and crocodile, and apply AS 4696 Part 6 clause 17 when such meat is passed only for animal food |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::76 | Run meat processing plants to AS 4696:2023, and to AS 4465, AS 4466, AS 5010 or AS 4467 for poultry, rabbit, ratite or crocodile meat |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::77-78, 80 | Operate game meat field depots, game meat primary processing plants and game meat field harvesting vans to AS 4464-2007 on wild game meat hygiene |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::79 | Operate meat vans to AS 4696:2023 Part 8 (transport), extended to poultry, rabbit, ratite, crocodile and game meat and their products |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::81-82 | Operate knackeries to the CSIRO pet meat standard (PISC Technical Report 88, except clauses 4.1 to 4.3) and rendering plants to AS 5008-2007 |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::83-86, Sch 4 | Run animal food processing plants, field depots, vans and field harvesting vans to the CSIRO pet meat standard, and plants making fish or manufactured animal food to the Schedule 4 construction and hygiene standards |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::87 | Operate meat retail premises to the Food Authority's NSW standard for construction and hygienic operation of retail meat premises |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::89-91 | Abattoirs release meat only after the carcase is branded by or under a meat safety inspector, with brands placed at the prescribed carcase positions, legible and reasonably permanent, or official Export Control Act marks for export kill |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::92 | Abattoirs slaughtering sheep run a Food Authority approved lamb and hogget identification system, change it only with approval, and make animals, carcases, meat and records available to monitor it |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::94-96 | Game meat primary processing plants release game meat only once branded on site by or under a meat safety inspector, with the game brand at the prescribed positions, or official export marks for export product |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::97 | Sell meat for people, wholesale or on meat retail premises or ready-to-eat outlets, only if it comes from a licensed (or lawfully operating interstate) abattoir, game plant or processor and its fitness is shown by branding, packaging or documents |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::98 | Sell meat for animal food only if sourced from a licensed or lawful abattoir, game plant or knackery, or, for kangaroo or feral goat game meat, processed at a licensed or equivalent animal food processing plant |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::99 | Store at meat retail premises, processing plants and ready-to-eat outlets only meat and animal food from licensed or lawful sources with documented fitness status |
Part 7: plant products food safety scheme (sections 112 to 120) – NSW Food Regulation 2025
3 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::116A-116D | Primary producers of berries, leafy vegetables and melons meet Standard 4.1.1 and the horticulture standards 4.2.7, 4.2.8 and 4.2.9 at the scale-based level, with Standard 3.2.1 programs above 10 hectares |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::117 | Plant products licensees have analysed at their own cost the Manual-listed plant products, sprouting seed, spent sprout irrigation water and non-reticulated process water |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::118 | Use NATA or Food Authority approved laboratories for plant products testing and notify failed results orally within 24 hours and in writing within 48 hours |
Part 8: seafood safety scheme and the NSW Shellfish Program (sections 121 to 149, Schedule 7) – NSW Food Regulation 2025
7 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::127 | Seafood primary producers run a Standard 3.2.1 food safety program and meet Standard 4.2.1 (seafood primary production), including the ASQAP Manual conditions for bivalve molluscs |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::129-130 | Hold and keep current every Fisheries Management Act 1994 authorisation the seafood activities need, since the licence cannot be granted without it and may be suspended or cancelled if it lapses |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::131 | Seafood licensees have analysed at their own cost the seafood and shellfish samples, growing and harvest environment samples, and process, wet storage and depuration water samples the two Manuals require |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::132 | Use approved laboratories for seafood tests, notify failed results within 24 hours orally and 48 hours in writing, and have laboratories report shellfish, environment, wet storage and depuration results within 24 hours |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::133 | Keep two years of shellfish records for every harvest, collection, relay, translocation, wet storage batch and depuration batch |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::134 | Label every package of shellfish ready for wholesale or retail sale with the business name and address, batch identifier, harvest area, harvest date, species and quantity, and storage conditions |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::135 | Depurate harvested or collected shellfish under the harvest area management plan for at least 36 hours, using water disinfection capable of a 99.9 percent E. coli reduction |
Part 9: vulnerable persons food safety scheme (sections 150 to 156) – NSW Food Regulation 2025
2 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::153 | Vulnerable persons food services have food and non-reticulated water samples analysed at their own cost, at Manual or notice frequency |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::154 | Use NATA or Food Authority approved laboratories for vulnerable persons food testing and notify failed results orally within 24 hours and in writing within 48 hours |
Parts 11 and 12 and the remaining schedules: fees and charges, auditor reports, offences, savings, penalty notices, licence fees, amendments and dictionary – NSW Food Regulation 2025
2 controls
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::186-187 | Non-licensed food businesses pay inspection charges (370 dollars an hour, minimum half hour) and any annual administration charge within the notice period, scaled by full-time equivalent food handlers per premises |
| nsw-food-regulation-2025::188, Sch 1 | Food safety auditors report audits on the Schedule 1 form, covering each audit item, previous and new corrective action requests, scores, outcome and the two compliance opinions |
Your Compliance Coverage
If you comply with NSW Food Regulation 2025, you already cover:
ISO 22000:2018
11%
9 controls mapped
Compare →ISO 22002-100:2025 Prerequisite programmes on food safety, Part 100: Requirements for the food, feed and packaging supply chain
10%
8 controls mapped
Compare →FSSC 22000 - Food Safety System Certification
8%
6 controls mapped
Compare →+ 8 more: Australia Food Standards Code Standard 3.2.1 Food Safety Programs (6%), Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene (CXC 1-1969, Rev. 2022) (5%)
See all 11 mapped frameworks ↓Maps to 11 other frameworks
79 total controls
ISO 22000:2018
9 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
11%
ISO 22002-100:2025 Prerequisite programmes on food safety, Part 100: Requirements for the food, feed and packaging supply chain
8 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
10%
FSSC 22000 - Food Safety System Certification
6 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
8%
Australia Food Standards Code Standard 3.2.1 Food Safety Programs
5 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
6%
Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene (CXC 1-1969, Rev. 2022)
4 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
5%
Australia Food Standards Code Standard 3.2.2 Food Safety Practices and General Requirements
3 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Australia Food Standards Code Standard 1.2.1 Requirements to Have Labels or Otherwise Provide Information
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
3%
Australia Food Standards Code Standard 1.2.8 Nutrition Information Requirements
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
3%
Australia Food Standards Code Standard 3.2.3 Food Premises and Equipment
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
1%
ISO 22002-5:2025 Prerequisite programmes on food safety, Part 5: Transport and storage
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
1%
Australia Food Standards Code Standard 3.2.2A Food Safety Management Tools
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
1%
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The Compliance Position Diagnostic, $5,000 fixed, ten business daysWhat is NSW Food Regulation 2025 and who does it apply to?
NSW Food Regulation 2025 is a compliance framework from Australia (New South Wales) with 11 domains and 79 controls. The NSW Food Regulation 2025 under the Food Act 2003: food safety supervisor certificates, kilojoule display, food business licensing and the dairy, meat, plant products, seafood, vulnerable persons and egg food safety schemes, with their processing, testing, notification, record keeping, shellfish and egg biosecurity duties, fees and auditor reporting. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does NSW Food Regulation 2025 actually require?
NSW Food Regulation 2025 has 79 controls organised across 11 domains. The largest domains are Part 6: meat food safety scheme (sections 68 to 111, Schedules 4 to 6) – NSW Food Regulation 2025 (21 controls), Part 10: egg food safety scheme and the Salmonella Enteritidis licence condition (sections 157 to 179, Schedule 8) – NSW Food Regulation 2025 (16 controls), Part 4: food safety schemes, general provisions: licensing, food safety programs, inspections and audits (sections 31 to 49) – NSW Food Regulation 2025 (10 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
If I already comply with another framework, how much of NSW Food Regulation 2025 do I already cover?
NSW Food Regulation 2025 maps to 11 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are ISO 22000:2018 (11% coverage), ISO 22002-100:2025 Prerequisite programmes on food safety, Part 100: Requirements for the food, feed and packaging supply chain (10% coverage), FSSC 22000 - Food Safety System Certification (8% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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