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Food Industry
Support in strengthening capacity for risk assessment and management for Vietnamese fish and fish products
Andreas Kiermeier, John Sumner
January to June 2009
Project Objectives and Technical Outputs
- Undertake a gap analysis of risk assessment capability and capacity in the fisheries sector in Vietnam and assist the national competent authority to plan a strategy for filling those gaps.
Outcomes
- Capacity building for risk assessment.
Preparation of a risk assessment profile for Vietnamese frozen shrimp exports
Andreas Kiermeier, John Sumner
October 2008 to February 2009
Project Objectives and Technical Outputs
- Assist NAFIQAVED staff in the preparation of a risk assessment framework for Vietnam's main frozen shrimp products that allows specific risks to product health and safety be identified at an early stage and suitable strategic responses to be prepared and communicated.
Outcomes
- Capacity building for risk assessment
- Improved food safety systems used for export shrimp production in Vietnam
- Reduced illness in importing countries due to consumption of frozen shrimp from Vietnam.
National Vietnamese workshop for awareness improvement on risk assessment
Andreas Kiermeier, John Sumner
October to December 2008
Project Objectives and Technical Outputs
- Raise awareness of what risk assessment is, why it is important, and how it can be adopted into the work plan of the Vietnamese national Competent Authority and other interested stakeholders.
Outcomes
- Capacity building for risk assessment
Assessment of traditional indigenous foods
Ian Delaere, Peter Babidge, Andrew Pointon
March to November 2007
Project Objectives and Technical Outputs
- Conduct assessments on two of the most economically important native foods in South Australia suitable to inform the development of a ‘safe list’ for native foods by Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
Outcomes
- Facilitate rural, regional and indigenous communities to fully benefit from the development of a sustainable native foods industry.
Statistical training services
Andreas Kiermeier
2006
Project Objectives and Technical Outputs
- Promote understanding of simple principles behind various statistical tools used by the team leaders and managers of the Client and those related companies of the Client nominated by the Client, especially those in the quality assurance, production and operational improvement areas and the central laboratory
Outcomes
- Ability to decide on what to measure (monitor) and how to apply the statistical tools appropriately
- Understand the meaning of the results obtained from the statistical tools used, leading to appropriate decision making and actions
- Ability to decide on the appropriate sampling plans for various purposes
- Ability to design and analyse simple experiments
- Ability to make assessments on the control and capability of a production process
Literature review on the safety of certain non-culinary herbs used in food products
Ian Delaere
May to October 2005
Project Objectives and Technical Outputs
- A risk assessment of the food safety of different forms (seeds, extracts) of bioactives from five herbs
Outcomes
- Guidance to policy development by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) for inclusion of bioactives in foods
Development of a risk profiling tool for Australian food business sectors
Tom Ross, Stefan Fabiansson, Cathy Moir, Ross Peters, Andrew Pointon
March to July 2005
Project Objectives and Technical Outputs
- Rank food safety risk of food business to guide the application of food safety programs that reflect that degree of risk
Outcomes
- National harmonisation of food business risk classification system for health jurisdictions to improve food safety and predict areas of emerging risk
Biostatistics, design and interpretation of food safety sampling plans
Andreas Kiermeier
February to September 2005
Project Objectives and Technical Outputs
- Develop and deliver a training course on the acceptance sampling in the food industry
Outcomes
- Assist the Australian food processing industry in the application of food safety sampling plans
Peer review of NSW Food Authority draft Food Business Priority Classification System
Tom Ross, Ross Peters, Andrew Pointon
December 2003 to April 2004
Project Objectives and Technical Outputs
- Evaluate a proposed food safety risk classification system for food businesses for NSW
- Examine the utility of the proposed system in relation to classifying primary production
Outcomes
- Review accepted.
- Used by NSW Food Authority to succesfully bid for funding to develop a national scheme
Peer review of: “Scoping study on food safety risk profiling – Final Report (FSA 106482)” (2004) “Developing options for food safety management in Australia”
Tom Ross, Andrew Pointon
April 2004
Project Objectives and Technical Outputs
- Evaluate a proposed food safety risk classification system for food businesses for Australian food businesses
- Review PCS proposed by Food Science Australia to the Food Regulation Steering Committee
- Terms of Reference includes assessment of applicability to the primary sectors
Outcomes
- Inform Food Regulation Standing Committee (FRSC) on applicability of the proposed Priority Classification System for Australian food business
- Review accepted
- Dept of Health and Ageing, Canberra on behalf of Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Food Regulation Standing Committee Policy Working Group has subsequently issued a tender to enhance the system based on the recommendations of the peer review
