Food Act 2014

Risk-based measures - Food control plans - Registration of food control plans

56: Criteria for registration of food control plan

You could also call this:

"What you need to do to register a food safety plan"

To register a food control plan, you must meet some criteria. The registration authority will check if your plan follows the rules of the Food Act 2014 and if it will help keep food safe. You must also be a New Zealand resident, as defined in section YD 1 or YD 2 of the Income Tax Act 2007, or have all operators of the food businesses and the plan operator as New Zealand residents.

You need to show that you can follow the rules of the Food Act 2014. Your plan must be clear and easy to understand for you, the registration authority, and the person who checks your plan.

The registration authority will check all these things before they register your food control plan.

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55: Registration authority may require further information, or

"They can ask for more details when you apply to register a food plan."

57: Refusal to register food control plan, or

"When your food control plan is not approved"

Part 2Risk-based measures
Food control plans: Registration of food control plans

56Criteria for registration of food control plan

The registration authority must register a food control plan if satisfied that—
the food control plan complies with the applicable requirements of this Act; and
if implemented appropriately, the food control plan will enable safe and suitable food to be traded; and
either,—
1. if the plan applies to 1 food business, the operator of the food business is a New Zealand resident (within the meaning of section YD 1 or YD 2 of the Income Tax Act 2007); or
2. if the plan applies to more than 1 food business, every operator of the food businesses and the operator of the plan are New Zealand residents within the meaning of either of those sections of that Act; and
either,—
1. if the plan applies to 1 food business, the operator of the food business is able to comply with the requirements of this Act; or
2. if the plan applies to more than 1 food business, every operator of the food businesses and the operator of the plan are able to comply with the requirements of this Act; and
the plan is clear enough to be readily understood by the operator, the relevant registration authority, and the operator’s verifier or verification agency.

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1999 No 93 s 22

Notes

Section 56(d)(ii): amended, on 2 March 2018, by section 10(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
Section 56(e): inserted, on 2 March 2018, by section 10(2) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).