FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 87A
Beef labelling auditors
FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 87A
Beef labelling auditors
(1) This section only authorises the exercise of functions in relation to the
auditing of the beef labelling requirements.
(2) The Food Authority may
appoint a person employed by an approved industry body to be a beef labelling
auditor for the purposes of carrying out audits to determine compliance with
the beef labelling requirements.
(3) A beef labelling auditor is to exercise
his or her functions in accordance with the directions issued to the
approved industry body by the Food Authority.
(4) The cost of exercising
those functions is the responsibility of the approved industry body.
(5) A
beef labelling auditor is taken to be a food safety auditor for the purposes
of this Act and accordingly a reference in this Act to a food safety auditor
is taken to include a reference to a beef labelling auditor.
(6) In this
section--
"approved industry body" means a body that represents the beef industry and
that is approved for the time being by the Food Authority.
"beef labelling requirements" means the requirements arising under Division 2A
of Part 2.