All other food and beverages

All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported Food Inspection Scheme requirements apply.

Check our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON) for biosecurity import conditions.

Food type

This includes all other food and beverages not separately listed within our Import requirements by food type.

Before importing food intended for sale, check:

• it is not listed as a prohibited food in Standard 1.1.1-10(5) of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code), including: 
  • prohibited plants and fungi - listed in Schedule 23 of the Code
• it is not prohibited under the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulation 1956, for example mini jelly cups that contain konjac as an ingredient 
• if it is kava - that it is kava permitted by Standard 2.6.3 of the Code.
•  it does not require a pre-market food safety clearance because it is:
  • novel food (non-traditional food)
  • food produced using gene technology
  • food that has been irradiated.

Exclusions

Food and beverages from New Zealand.

Inspection and testing

This food is classified as a surveillance food. 

We refer consignments for inspection to conduct a visual and label assessment at the rate of 5%.

If referred for inspection, the following applies:

1. Visual inspection to determine if there are any signs of damage, deterioration, infestation or contamination of the food rendering it unfit for human consumption.
2. Labelling inspection to assess compliance with:
   • the standards in Chapters 1 and 2 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code 
   • country of origin food labelling requirements. 

Note: No analytical tests apply to this food.

Once food has cleared biosecurity control, the importer is permitted to correct non-compliant food labelling prior to booking an IFIS inspection. Food pending an IFIS inspection cannot be sold or distributed.

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