The purpose of this Act is to change and improve the law about how people buy and sell food. You will see it aims to make food safe and suitable for people to eat. It also wants to make sure people trust the system that keeps food safe in New Zealand. This Act has several goals, including making sure food is safe for you to eat. It wants to reduce and manage risks to public health, and protect and promote public health. The Act also wants to help food businesses understand how the rules will affect them. It requires people who buy and sell food to take responsibility for making sure the food is safe and suitable for you to eat.
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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.
