Seafood Safety
Seafood safety underpins all the export approvals and documentation. Disruptions in seafood trade are often a result of food safety issues, so it is important to have the right systems in place. If you haven’t found what you are looking for, please contact SafeFish.
SafeFish is a trusted, independent source of seafood safety information for industry and regulators. Experts help to resolve technical trade impediments about food safety and hygiene.
Seafood Safety Standards
CODEX
Codex is important because the food safety policies developed are considered international best practices, and most countries will implement these.
EXPORT CONTROL (FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS) RULES 2021
HACCP
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan is a preventative food safety system to produce safe products and ensure that any possible food safety risks are minimised or eliminated.
Food Safety Standards Australia New Zealand
PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING (PPP) STANDARDS
COMPENDIUM OF MICROBIOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR FOOD
SafeFish Fact Sheets
A resource of food safety fact sheets relating to seafood.
SafeFish
SafeFish Hazards in Seafood
Identification of Food Safety Hazards and Determination of Shelf-life of packaged seafood.
Read more about what we do
SafeFish, provides technical advice to support Australia’s seafood trade and market access negotiations and helps to resolve barriers to trade.
Other Resources
MICOR
Sets out the known requirements set by Australia’s agricultural export trading partners (please note, not always up-to-date)
DAFF
Fish and Fishery Products Rules
Seafood Safety reports and downloads
A series of technical reports and downloads specifically on seafood safety issues and topics relating to processing and exporting seafood are available on the SafeFish website.
Seafood Safety Videos
The Seafood Seafood Safety videos are a resource for Australian seafood exporters, funded by the Abalone Council Australia Ltd, Southern Rocklobster Ltd, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, through the Package Assisting Small Exporters.
