New South Wales Food Authority

NSW Food Authority
NSW Food Authority
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Abbreviation	NSWFA
Agency overview
Formed	5 April 2004
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	New South Wales, Australia
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction
Operational structure
Headquarters	Newington, NSW; 33°50′01″S 151°03′18″E / 33.83363°S 151.055022°E
Agency executive	Dr Lisa Szabo, Chief Executive Officer;
Units	List * Compliance, Investigation & Enforcement; * Corporate Affairs, Stakeholder Engagement & Customer Service; * Science, Business Operations & Strategy; * Strategic Policy & Partnerships;
Website
	www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au facebook.com/nswfoodauthority twitter.com/NSWFoodAuth

The NSW Food Authority is a statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales responsible for food safety and food labelling regulation in the state, as well as consumer food safety promotion. The Food Authority is within the Biosecurity and Food Safety division of the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

The Food Authority was established in April 2004 with the amalgamation of SafeFood Production NSW and the food inspection activities of the Department of Health. SafeFood Production NSW was itself the product of a series of amalgamations of industry-specific organisations.

NSW was the first Australian state to consolidate such a wide range of food safety and food labelling functions into a single, central government agency.