The Food Regulation 2026 implements Queensland’s Food Act 2006 by prescribing foods and activities relevant to the licensing of food businesses. It specifies the licence information that must be displayed on mobile food premises and identifies businesses required to maintain accredited food safety programmes. These include certain residential care, childcare and health-related facilities processing or serving potentially hazardous food, ready-for-consumption food businesses supplying hospitals or care facilities, and organisations preparing delivered meals. Limited on-site catering may qualify for an exemption. The Regulation establishes nutritional information requirements for large chain food businesses operating at prescribed numbers of locations in Queensland or Australia, while excluding specified businesses and short-term trial products. It prescribes the statement that the average adult daily energy intake is 8,700 kilojoules and regulates how the energy content of standard food items must be calculated, rounded and displayed. Energy information and intake statements must be legible, visually comparable to prices or product names, and displayed on menus, labels, display areas and drive-through menu boards in a manner clearly associated with the relevant food. The Regulation prescribes food contaminants that trigger regulatory notification requirements, including specified pathogens at any detected level, other microorganisms at potentially hazardous levels, contaminants in infant formula products and substances exceeding limits under the food standards code. Food handled or offered for sale by a food business is generally covered, while raw meat and fish are included only where ordinarily consumed raw. It also prescribes fees for food safety auditor approvals.
Australie · 2026-08-21