INCONSISTENT food safety rules and a lack of national food safety standards have been criticised in a Productivity Commission report.
The report condemns the lack of national food safety standards in the poultry and red meat sectors, but acknowledges there are no serious risks not controlled in either production chain.
The lack of national regulation for primary industry and processing makes business harder for large companies and producers who span different states, the report says.
Meat and Livestock Australia's manager of market access, science and technology Ian Jenson, said MLA supported increasing efficiencies of the regulatory system governing the red meat industry.
"In principle, we support a move to uniform national regulations and have worked closely with the Commonwealth to develop common standards (for the red meat industry),'' Mr Jenson said.
Mr Jenson said the different rules in place in each state had little impact on meat producers and processors who generally operated under one jurisdiction but that MLA hoped all entities would operate under the same regulatory burdens in the future.
The lack of national regulation for primary industry and processing makes business harder for large companies and producers who span different states, the report says.
Meat and Livestock Australia's manager of market access, science and technology Ian Jenson, said MLA supported increasing efficiencies of the regulatory system governing the red meat industry.
"In principle, we support a move to uniform national regulations and have worked closely with the Commonwealth to develop common standards (for the red meat industry),'' Mr Jenson said.
Mr Jenson said the different rules in place in each state had little impact on meat producers and processors who generally operated under one jurisdiction but that MLA hoped all entities would operate under the same regulatory burdens in the future.
