Philip Pond
Safe Food Production Queensland
Australia
Biography
Phil has a Bachelor of Economics (Major in Law) from the University of Queensland, together with qualifications in Quality Assurance and auditing. Phil started his working life in the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries in Queensland. Responsibilities within the Department included fisheries management and the Fishing Industry Appeals Tribunal. During a period as a private consultant Phil has also worked with the Department regarding fishing areas and fishing quotas and surveys on Hinchinbrook and Hayes Inlet. Returning to the Department in September 1997, Phil led the review of the Queensland Livestock and Meat Authority and the Queensland Abattoirs Corporation. This resulted in his appointment to the Meat Industry Taskforce in the Department of State Development where he was instrumental in drawing up the contracts for the sale of publicly owned abattoirs. As a result of this work, Phil was commissioned to draft new legislation for primary production food businesses leading to the implementation of the Food Production (Safety) Act 2000. Since joining Safe Food Production Queensland in 2001 Phil has been General Manager of the Compliance, Strategy and Response area with responsibility for legal matters/legislation, finance, funding arrangements and operational matters and is currently overseeing key operational projects in compliance. Phil is a member of the Executive Management Group and is Safe Food’s representative on a number of national committees and working groups in relation to food safety. Phil has also been seconded to Food Standards Australia New Zealand to assist with food legislative training in Vietnam and China and has also delivered a paper in Dublin on food safety matters.
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