Food Act 2014

Risk-based measures - General - Application of risk-based measures

25: Determining applicable risk-based measure for food businesses that overlap 2 or more food sectors

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"Figuring out food safety rules for businesses that do multiple food things"

If you have a food business that does things in two or more food sectors, this section is about you. You might be doing things that are in more than one of the Schedules 1 to 3 or in more than one part of Parts 3 to 5 of Schedule 2. You get to choose how you follow the rules for your food business. You can choose to follow the rules for the part of your business that has the highest level of risk, or you can follow different rules for each part of your business, as stated in section 21(3).

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Part 2Risk-based measures
General: Application of risk-based measures

25Determining applicable risk-based measure for food businesses that overlap 2 or more food sectors

  1. This section applies to a food business carrying out activities that fall into—

  2. more than 1 of Schedules 1 to 3:
    1. more than 1 of Parts 3 to 5 of Schedule 2.
      1. The operator of the food business may, at the operator's sole discretion, choose to—

      2. operate all of the food business's activities under the risk-based measure that applies to the part of the business with the highest level of risk; or
        1. operate each part of the food business under the risk-based measure that applies, or under no risk-based measure if no risk-based measure applies, to that part of the food business in accordance with section 21(3).