Strategic Area 2: Extending the Evidence Base Strategic Objectives Deliverables/Activities Priority Timelines Aim: Improve our data collection, analysis and reporting methodologies Build on and share our specialist expertise Establish an internal Data Analysis to share knowledge, 1 June 2012 in data collection, analysis and reporting enhance staff expertise and provide support in the collection, methodologies, and ensure a continued analysis and reporting of data to inform standards evaluation of new methodologies development work. Improve the international standing of Continue to implement recommendations identified in the 2 June 2012 FSANZ food composition activities. peer review of the FSANZ food composition program. Develop FSANZ’s knowledge base on the Produce a report that identifies, describes and categorises 1 June 2012 scientific evidence for front-of-pack labelling FoPL systems currently in use, and that includes a review of (FoPL) systems, to inform a future internal social and economic literature on consumer and industry and/or external work on FoPL. responses to FoPL systems. Improve the systematic collection and Maintain data collections relevant to domestic and imported 2 Ongoing reporting of data relating to food regulatory food safety including: ABS imported food data; science. ABS domestic agricultural data; Rapid Alert System for food and feed database; Australian food recalls database; and Australian mandatory reporting database on food related issues. Investigate the need for consumer research surveys to 2 Ongoing generate data to inform work resulting from the Government response to the Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy.
Strategic Area 2: Extending the Evidence Base Strategic Objectives Deliverables/Activities Priority Timelines Aim: Improve our data collection, analysis and reporting methodologies Build on and share our specialist expertise in data collection, analysis and reporting methodologies, and ensure a continued evaluation of new methodologies Establish an internal Data Analysis to share knowledge, enhance staff expertise and provide support in the collection, analysis and reporting of data to inform standards development work. 1 June 2012 Improve the international standing of FSANZ food composition activities. Continue to implement recommendations identified in the peer review of the FSANZ food composition program. 2 June 2012 Develop FSANZ’s knowledge base on the scientific evidence for front-of-pack labelling (FoPL) systems, to inform a future internal and/or external work on FoPL. Produce a report that identifies, describes and categorises FoPL systems currently in use, and that includes a review of social and economic literature on consumer and industry responses to FoPL systems. 1 June 2012 Improve the systematic collection and reporting of data relating to food regulatory science. Maintain data collections relevant to domestic and imported food safety including: ABS imported food data; ABS domestic agricultural data; Rapid Alert System for food and feed database; Australian food recalls database; and Australian mandatory reporting database on food related issues. 2 Ongoing Investigate the need for consumer research surveys to generate data to inform work resulting from the Government response to the Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy. 2 Ongoing
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