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FOOD ACT 1984 - SECT 19N Food safety auditor to provide certain information to registration authority

FOOD ACT 1984 - SECT 19N

Food safety auditor to provide certain information to registration authority

    (1)     This section applies if a food safety assessment or a food safety audit of a food premises has been conducted by a food safety auditor who is not an officer or a member of the staff of the registration authority.

S. 19N(2) amended by No. 38/2020 s. 21.

    (2)     Within 14 days after a certificate is given to the proprietor of the food premises under section 19J, 19L, 19M or 19MA, the food safety auditor must give a copy of the certificate to the registration authority.

    (3)     If the auditor is of the opinion—

        (a)     that the food safety requirements applying to the premises have not been complied with or the food safety program is inadequate or, in the case of a food premises using a standard food safety program, the program does not comply with section 19DC(2); and

        (b)     the deficiency may lead to a serious risk of food being sold or prepared that is unsafe or unsuitable—

the auditor must notify the registration authority of the risk as soon as practicable, together with details of the notice given to the proprietor under section 19JA(2) or  19M(2) in relation to the deficiency.

    (4)     If any deficiency has not been remedied within the period allowed under section 19JA(2)(c) or  19M(2)(c), the auditor must notify the registration authority of the failure to remedy the deficiency—

        (a)     if the failure to remedy the deficiency may lead to a serious risk of food being sold or prepared that is unsafe or unsuitable, as soon as practicable; or

        (b)     in any other case, within 14 days after becoming aware of the failure.

S. 19NA inserted by No. 42/2009 s. 13.