Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Food Act 1984 - SECT 19G

Food safety supervisors

19G. Food safety supervisors









(1) A food safety supervisor is a person who, in relation to a declared
premises-



   (a)  knows how to recognise, prevent and alleviate the hazards associated
        with the handling of food at, or from, that premises; and

   (b)  has met an appropriate food safety competency standard for premises of
        the same nature as the premises; and

   (c)  has the ability and the authority to supervise other people handling
        food at, or from, the premises and ensure that that handling is done
        safely.

(2) In this section, food safety competency standard means a food safety
competency standard approved by a relevant State, national or international
statutory or regulatory body.

(3) The regulations may specify who the relevant body is in a particular case
or set of circumstances.