In Victoria, food safety regulation is governed by several pieces of legislation contained in the:

• Safe Food Victoria Act 2026
• Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

This regulatory framework helps keep food sold in Victoria safe, suitable and correctly labelled.

In Victoria, this framework is delivered by:

• the Victorian specialist food agency Safe Food Victoria; who regulate:
  • meat
  • dairy
  • seafood
  • providing support to co-regulators and conducting incident response activities.
• Agriculture Victoria; who regulate:
  • horticulture and sprouts
  • eggs.
• Local government, who controls the safety of all other food in Victoria.

For information on the operation of food safety regulation visit Safe Food Victoria.