David Feeney (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I just make the point on the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010 that implementation of the reform has been delayed due to the need to resolve a number of complex legal issues relating to the respective roles of Food Standards Australia New Zealand and the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority while ensuring that the integrity of the regulatory systems both for food and for agricultural and veterinary chemicals is maintained. Without further ado, I thank senators for their contribution to the debate on this bill and I commend the bill to the Senate.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a second time.