Program · Outcome 1: A safe food supply and well-informed consumers in Australia and New Zealand, including through the development of food regulatory measures and the promotion of their consistent implementation, coordination of food recall activities and the monitoring of consumer and industry food practices
Program 1.1: Food Regulatory Activity and Services to the Minister and Parliament
Ensure all Australians have access to a safe food supply, and information which is adequate and accurate to make informed choices about the food they consume. Develop food standards informed by the best available scientific evidence, enabling efficient implementation of food laws. Coordinate trans-jurisdictional food regulatory activities and provide information about food regulation in order to enhance confidence in food for sale.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 10 reported
−$49k (−0.5%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $18m is listed for this program but not counted, because it is counted elsewhere or is not an expense. Each line below says why.
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
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Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts from related entities | corporate | $18m | $18m | +$334k +1.9% | not counted: funding already counted at the paying department | 2.1.1 Prog Exp, row 719 |
| Revenues from independent sources | corporate | $7.6m | $6.1m | −$1.5m −19.7% | reported | 2.1.1 Prog Exp, row 721 |
| Operating deficit (surplus) | corporate | $1.5m | $3.0m | +$1.5m +100.0% | reported | 2.1.1 Prog Exp, row 718 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | corporate | $96k | $47k | −$49k −51.0% | reported | 2.1.1 Prog Exp, row 720 |