The purpose of this Act is to change and update the laws about how people buy and sell food. You will see that it aims to make sure food is safe to eat and good to sell. It also wants to make people trust the system that keeps food safe in New Zealand.
This Act has several goals, including making sure people who sell food take care of its safety. It wants to protect and help people's health by managing risks that could make them sick. The Act also tries to make things clear for food businesses so they know what they need to do.
The Act is designed to help keep you and your community safe when you eat food. It does this by making people who sell food responsible for its safety and quality. This means they must make sure the food they sell is good to eat and will not harm you.
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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM2995802.
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"The law about food in New Zealand"
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
