New South Wales 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 / -33.83363; 151.055022
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 New South Wales Food Authority (NSW Food Authority) is a statutory authority of Government of New South Wales, responsible for food safety and food labelling regulations in the state as well as consumer food safety promotion. It is part of the DPI Biosecurity and Food Safety Branch within the Department for Primary Industries, which is a part of the Department of Regional NSW.

The authority was established in April 2004 with the amalgamation of SafeFood Production NSW and the food inspection activities of the Department of Health (being the former Food Branch and the food inspection staff of the Area Health Services). SafeFood Production NSW was itself the product of a series of amalgamations of industry-specific organisations. NSW is the first Australian state to consolidate such a wide range of food safety and food labelling functions into a single, central government agency.