Queensland Consolidated Acts

FOOD PRODUCTION (SAFETY) ACT 2000 - SECT 40

(1) A food safety scheme must state the following--

(a) the primary produce to which the scheme applies;

(b) who must be accredited under the scheme and who must comply with the scheme;

(c) who must prepare and maintain a food safety program under the scheme;

(d) the aspects of the production of primary produce to which the scheme applies;

(e) the auditing requirements under the scheme.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a food safety scheme may--

(a) state whether a person may engage in the production of primary produce to which the scheme applies without an approved food safety program; and

(b) identify a standard about food safety applying to an industry to which the scheme relates, including, for example, a standard about food hygiene practices, training for safe food handling and operating procedures for plant and equipment used in the industry.