New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FOOD REGULATION 2004 - REG 147

147 Meaning of “seafood business”

(1) In this Part, "seafood business" means a business involving the handling of seafood, including (but not limited to) the carrying on of any of the following activities:

(a) the culture, harvesting and collecting of shellfish and gastropods,

(b) the depuration of shellfish,

(c) aquaculture,

(d) the processing of seafood, including (but not limited to) skinning, gill and gutting, filleting, shucking, cooking, smoking, preserving and canning,

(e) the packaging of seafood,

(f) the storage of seafood,

(g) the transportation of seafood,

(h) the wholesaling of seafood.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a "seafood business":

(a) does not include the act of taking or catching marine fin fish, crustacea or cephalopod but includes any handling of such seafood immediately after it is taken or caught, whether the handling occurs on board a vessel or otherwise, and

(b) does not include the retail sale of seafood.