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Industrial Chemicals |
Agricultural and Veterinary
Chemicals |
Medicines and Medicinal Products |
Food additives, contaminants and
natural toxicants |
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AGENCY |
National Industrial Chemicals
Notification & Assessment Scheme
(NICNAS) |
Australian Pesticides & Veterinary
Medicines Authority
(Veterinary) |
Therapeutic Goods Administration
(TGA) |
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
(FSANZ) |
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MINISTRY |
Health & Ageing |
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
Health & Ageing |
Health & Ageing |
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SCOPE |
Assessment only, not registration
product |
Assessment, Product Registration,
Quality Assurance & Compliance |
Assessment & Product Registration |
Assessment & Product Registration |
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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 |
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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. |
