This Act, consisting of 154 sections divided into fourteen Parts, aims to ensure food for sale is both safe and suitable for human consumption, to prevent misleading conduct in connection with the sale of food, and to provide for the application of the Food Standards Code. The Act prescribes offences for the handling of food in unsafe manners, for the sale of unsafe food, for the false description of food, etc. The Act empowers the Chief Executive Officer to make emergency orders to prevent or reduce the possibility of serious danger to public health. The Act provides for the procedures relating to the taking and analysis of samples of food. Food analysis must comply to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code which covers cleanliness, sanitation, hygiene, food serving practices and a whole range of other aspects that go into the preparation and provision of food. The Act further provides for powers of entry, inspection and seizure of authorized officers; improvement notices and prohibition orders served to proprietors of food businesses; auditing; procedures and requirements for the registration of food businesses; administration of the Act by the Chief Executive Officer; offence; etc.
Australia · 2008-07-08