Table 23: Chemicals regulation in Australia Agency National Industrial Australian Therapeutic Goods Food Standards Chemicals Pesticides and Administration (TGA) Australia New Notification and Veterinary Zealand (FSANZ) Assessment Scheme Medicines (NICNAS) Authority (APVMA) Portfolio Health and Ageing Agriculture, Health and Ageing Health and Ageing Fisheries and Forestry Scope Assessment and Assessment, Assessment and product Assessment and review, not product registration registration standard-setting registration based and review Relevant Industrial Chemicals Agricultural and Therapeutic Goods Act Australia New Zealand legislation (Notification and Veterinary 1989 Food Authority Act Assessment)Act 1989 Chemicals Code Act 1994. 1994 and Food Standards Code Veterinary Chemicals Administration Act 1994 About the Industrial chemicals Agricultural Therapeutic goods, Food additives and chemicals are varied and include products, including including prescription processing aids used dyes, solvents, chemicals that medicines and medicines in food to assist with adhesives, plastics, destroy/repel pests available over the preservation, laboratory chemicals, or plants. counter (OTC). OTCs flavouring, colouring, paints and coatings, Veterinary products include complementary or modifying its chemicals used in are used to medicines (herbal, functions; permitted cleaning products, prevent, diagnose vitamin and homeopathic levels of some cosmetics including or treat disease in preparations); some environmental some sunscreens. animals. sterilants and contaminants are also disinfectants and controlled via the cosmetic-type products Food Standards Code. that make therapeutic claims. What follows is a brief synopsis of the roles and methods of operation of the two agencies listed in Table 23 that have main responsibility for chemicals likely to be released into the environment (industrial chemicals, AgVets and consumer product chemicals). Note that the agencies and responsibilities are current at 2011, but may change according to future government reorganisations.
Table 23: Chemicals regulation in Australia Agency National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Portfolio Health and Ageing Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Health and Ageing Health and Ageing Scope Assessment and review, not registration based Assessment, product registration and review Assessment and product registration Assessment and standard-setting Relevant legislation Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment)Act 1989 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 and Veterinary Chemicals Administration Act 1994 Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 Australia New Zealand Food Authority Act 1994. Food Standards Code About the chemicals Industrial chemicals are varied and include dyes, solvents, adhesives, plastics, laboratory chemicals, paints and coatings, chemicals used in cleaning products, cosmetics including some sunscreens. Agricultural products, including chemicals that destroy/repel pests or plants. Veterinary products are used to prevent, diagnose or treat disease in animals. Therapeutic goods, including prescription medicines and medicines available over the counter (OTC). OTCs include complementary medicines (herbal, vitamin and homeopathic preparations); some sterilants and disinfectants and cosmetic-type products that make therapeutic claims. Food additives and processing aids used in food to assist with preservation, flavouring, colouring, or modifying its functions; permitted levels of some environmental contaminants are also controlled via the Food Standards Code. What follows is a brief synopsis of the roles and methods of operation of the two agencies listed in Table 23 that have main responsibility for chemicals likely to be released into the environment (industrial chemicals, AgVets and consumer product chemicals). Note that the agencies and responsibilities are current at 2011, but may change according to future government reorganisations.
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