Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

After considering whether to approve a draft high level health claims variation and, if notice calling for submissions is given under section 51, after the submission period, the Authority must:

do one of the following:

approve the draft high level health claims variation;

reject the draft high level health claims variation; and

prepare a report under this section.

The Board must not delegate its powers to act on behalf of the Authority under paragraph (a)—see section 150.

The report must include each of the following:

the reasons for initially accepting the application;

a summary of the recommendations (if any) of the High Level Health Claims Committee in relation to the application and each draft variation that resulted from the application;

a summary of the submissions (if any) made by members of the Food Regulation Standing Committee in relation to the application and each draft variation that resulted from the application;

a summary of the submissions (if any) received by the Authority within the submission period in response to a notice under section 51, if such notice was given;

the Authority’s response to the issues raised in those submissions;

the Authority’s reasons for approving the draft variation or rejecting the application.