Chemicals Schemes at a Glance

 

Industrial Chemicals Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Medicines and Medicinal Products Food additives, contaminants and natural toxicants AGENCY National Industrial Chemicals Notification & Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority (Veterinary) Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) MINISTRY Health & Ageing Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Health & Ageing Health & Ageing SCOPE Assessment only, not registration product Assessment, Product Registration, Quality Assurance & Compliance Assessment & Product Registration Assessment & Product Registration RELEVANT LEGISLATION Industrial Chemicals (Notification & Assessment) Act 1989. Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 [No. 262 of 1992] Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 [No. 36 of 1994] Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 [No. 47 of 1994 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994 [No. 41 of 1994] Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code ABOUT THE CHEMICALS Industrial chemicals are varied and cover, for example, dyes, solvents, adhesives, plastics, laboratory chemicals, paints, as well as chemicals used in cleaning products and cosmetics and toiletries. Agricultural products include chemicals which generally destroy/repel pests or plants. Veterinary products are used to prevent, diagnose or treat diseases in animals. Therapeutic goods include prescription and non-prescription (including over-the-counter and complementary medicines), as well as medical devices (including some sterilants and disinfectants). Chemicals are added to food to assist in food processing or to achieve a technological purpose in the food, for example, colouring or flavouring. Other chemicals may occur naturally in food or be present as a result of contamination.