Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) For this Act, primary food production is the growing, raising, cultivation, picking, harvesting, collection or catching of food, and includes the following:
(a) the transport or delivery of food on, from or between the premises where it was grown, raised, cultivated, picked, harvested, collected or caught;
(b) the packing, treating (for example, washing) or storing of food on the premises where it was grown, raised, cultivated, picked, harvested, collected or caught;
(c) the storage of food in a silo that is not connected with a food processing operation and the transport or delivery of food from, between or to such silos;
(d) the sale of livestock at saleyards and the transport of livestock to and from saleyards;
(e) any other food production activity that is regulated under an Act prescribed under the regulations for this subsection.
(2) However, primary food production does not include—
(a) any process involving the substantial transformation of food (for example, manufacturing or canning), whether or not the process is carried out on the premises where the food was grown, cultivated, picked, harvested, collected or caught; or
(b) the sale or service of food directly to the public; or
(c) any other food production activity that is prescribed under the regulations for this subsection.
Example of an activity that may be prescribed for par (c)
A food production activity in relation to which significant and unmanaged food safety hazards have been identified.