Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations

FOOD REGULATION 2002 - REG 6

    (1)     The following food businesses are prescribed:

        (a)     a food business that handles or sells food if—

              (i)     all the food is either—

    (A)     non-potentially hazardous and not contained in a closed package; or

    (B)     sold, straight after thorough cooking, for immediate consumption; and

              (ii)     the food business handles or sells food during no more than 5 periods a year, and each period when it sells food is no longer than 3 days;

        (b)     the food business handles or sells food in or from a food transport vehicle that is registered under a State law that corresponds to the Act;

        (c)     a food business that transports food but does not otherwise handle or sell food;

        (d)     a food business that sells only food that is—

              (i)     contained in a closed package intended for sale; and

              (ii)     non-potentially hazardous;

        (e)     a food business that only sells, through a vending machine, food that is non-potentially hazardous.

    (2)     In this section:

"non-potentially hazardous" — food is non-potentially hazardous if it does not need to be kept at certain temperatures to—

        (a)     minimise the growth of any pathogenic micro-organisms that may be present in the food; or

        (b)     prevent the formation of toxins in the food.