Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2001 - SECT 40

    (1)     A recall order may require a person bound by the order to disclose to the public (or a stated part of the public), in a stated way, any 1 or more of the following:

        (a)     the food to be recalled or disposed of;

        (b)     the reasons why the food is considered to be unsafe;

        (c)     the circumstances in which consumption of the food is unsafe;

        (d)     procedures for disposing of the food.

    (2)     A person who is required by a recall order to conduct a recall of food must give written notice to the chief health officer of the completion of the recall as soon as practicable after its completion.

    (3)     A person bound by a recall order is liable for any cost incurred by or on behalf of the Territory in relation to the recall order and the cost is taken to be a debt owing to the Territory.

    (4)     In a proceeding for the recovery of the debt, a certificate signed by the chief health officer stating the amount of the costs, and how they were incurred, is evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.