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Most of Australia’s territories – South wales,South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and the rest imports food and water from China. China has been known to manufacture and distribute worldwide food products from well-known brands so majority if not all developed countries import food from China. However, the incidence of the melamine content in milk products some years ago raised vigilance from consumers, including all constituents of the Australian territories who condemned the idea of having their candies or milk products laced with melamine.

At a certain period, all dairy products even chocolates or confectioneries with milk content made from China were banned in New Zealand as well as Australia. Later, the two countries agreed to be more strict on their regulatory framework and came up with FSANS – Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code . This resulted to Australian territories becoming more strict in accepting imported food especially from China.

The FSANS requires a pre-assessment of food products coming into New Zealand and Australian territories . Also, it mandates all food products to be labeled adequately in English. Also, there should be some important information included in the food label such as expiry date and other relevant information that warrants safety on the part of the consumer. Most of these products, namely: eggs, beef, pork, tropical fruits and vegetables, salmon and oysters are permitted only under very strict control from Australian quarantine authorities. Also the existing Australian Food Standards Code ( FSC) which is adopted by all Australian territories importing food and water not only from China regulates all food imports by determining maximum levels of metals and contaminants as well as agricultural chemicals in food products.

Likewise, Australia also exports food as well as wine to China. Reports state that Australia has become the second largest exporter of bottled water to China. China also is the largest export base of the Australian wine market, which was formerly held by Japan. The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation have data that claims it has expanded its wine export to China 15 times more in the past five years. Indeed, as long as both trade partners comply with food regulations, a robust exchange of food and water products are seen in the future.