Queensland Consolidated Acts

FOOD PRODUCTION (SAFETY) ACT 2000 - SECT 11

(1) The production of primary produce includes the following--

(a) the growing, cultivation, picking, harvesting, collection or catching of animals, plants or other organisms;

(b) the transportation or delivery of primary produce;

(c) the freezing, packaging, refrigeration, storage, treating or washing of primary produce;

(d) the dismembering, filleting, peeling or shucking of seafood, or adding brine to seafood;

(e) the boiling of crustaceans;

(f) the pasteurisation or homogenisation of milk, or manufacturing of other dairy produce;

(g) the making of smallgoods;

(h) meat processing or rendering;

(i) the processing of primary produce--

(i) intended for consumption by a domestic animal; or

(ii) intended for consumption by another animal if the animal, or any part or product of the animal, is intended for human consumption.

(2) Subject to subsection (1), production of primary produce does not include a process, including, for example, manufacturing or canning, in which the nature of the primary produce is substantially changed.

(3) In this section--

treating, of primary produce, means--

(a) enhancing the appearance of the primary produce, including, for example, by waxing or oiling it; or

(b) dealing with the primary produce solely to kill bacteria or germs in the primary produce, or to ripen it.

Examples for paragraph (b)--

1 using ultraviolet light to kill bacteria or germs

2 using gas to ripen bananas