Dairy Authority of South Australia

Chairperson: Catherine Cooper

Chief Executive Officer: Steve Rice

Members:

Catherine Cooper
Ken Smith
Trevor Keele

Role: The Dairy Authority of SA approves food safety arrangements and accredits dairy farmers, dairy manufacturers, dairy distributors and dairy produce carriers. The Authority administers the Primary Produce (Food Safety Schemes) (Dairy Industry) Regulations 2005 and the Code of Practice for Dairy Food Safety (June 2005).

2004/5 Dairy Authority Annual Report - pdf (593kb)

2005/6 Dairy Authority Annual Report - pdf (213kb)

2006/7 Dairy Authority Annual Report - pdf (573kb)

The above reports contain useful industry data, such as the numbers of farms and cows (by region) and milk production figures for the state.

Dairy Authority of SA - Information sheet - "Establishing a dairy manufacturing business" - pdf (49kb)

Food Safety Information for the Dairy Industry can be found at the PIRSA Food Safety website - click here

Contact: Steve Rice (08) 8223 2277