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In Australia the regulations governing the sale of fertilizers are State Government based resulting in seven different sets of regulations with varying requirements.
As most of the fertilizer companies operate in multiple States, harmonisation of these regulations has been a long term aspiration. Some States are moving to reduce the scope of their regulation to primarily cover the public interest items like food safety and environmental risk. This provides an opportunity for the industry to achieve harmonisation through a code of practice.
FIFA is represented on the Fertilizer Working Group which is convened by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry and includes representatives of the States, CSIRO, and Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
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The Fertilizer Working Group helps to ensure that environment and food safety standards for fertilizers are consistent across jurisdictions. The group has discussed the concept of a code of practice or an Australian Standard for fertilizer description and labelling which could be referred to or called up in the State regulations.
FIFA members have now developed a draft code of practice suitable for widespread distribution with the aim of receiving input from all interested parties.
You can download the draft code of practice using the link below and comments can be emailed to fertilizer@fifa.asn.au or posted to:
FIFA
Locked Bag 916
Canberra ACT 2601 |
Draft Code of Practice for Fertilizer Description & Labelling 10-3-2010.pdf