Queensland Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2006 - SECT 16

(1) Manufacture, in relation to food, includes the following--

(a) making food by combining ingredients;

Examples--

producing frozen meals in a factory

producing cake mixes

(b) significantly changing the condition or nature of food by any process;

Examples--

milling flour

peeling, cutting and freezing vegetables

(c) bottling or canning food, including, for example, bottling water or canning fruit;

(d) packing unpackaged food, other than unprocessed primary produce;

Example--

packing bulk ground coffee into packages for retail sale

(e) making ice.

(2) However, manufacture, in relation to food, does not include the following--

(a) preparing food at a particular place for retail sale at the place, including sale for immediate consumption;

Examples--

preparing food at a restaurant for sale to a person dining in the restaurant

preparing and packing sandwiches in a package at a cafe for retail sale at the cafe

(b) preparing food for a food business that involves off-site catering;

(c) making ice at a particular place for use at the place;

(d) changing the condition of food merely by changing its temperature.