Food Standards The Australia New Zealand Food Authority advises progress on the following matters relating to food standards. You can get information papers on each of these matters from the ANZFA web site www.anzfa.gov.au or from: The Information Officer Australia New Zealand Food Authority P.O. Box 10-559 WELLINGTON Telephone: (04) 473 9942 Facsimile: (04) 473 9855 Email: nz.reception@anzfa.gov.au Call for Submissions You are invited to present written submissions to the authority on the following matters, including the potential regulatory impact on consumers, industry and government, by 7 July 1999. The information papers on these matters provide further information, including advice on the authority's policy regarding submissions: Alcohol Labelling (A359) An application received on 22 April 1998 from the Society Without Alcoholic Trauma to label all alcoholic beverages with a warning statement that alcohol is a dangerous drug. The authority has made a preliminary assessment, accepted the application for further consideration, and will now make a full assessment of it. Maximum Residue Limits (A374) An application received on 24 March 1999 from the National Registration Authority to amend Australian Maximum Residue Limits for a number of agricultural chemicals as currently prescribed in the Food Standards Code. The authority has made a preliminary assessment, accepted the application for further consideration, and will now make a full assessment of it. Matters Before Council The authority has completed inquiries into the standards and variations to standards prepared at full assessment of the following matters and has made recommendations to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council that they be adopted into the Food Standards Code: Use of Erythritol (A350) Use of Methylene Chloride as a Processing Aid (A358) Novel Foods (P168)