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Food Act 2014

Miscellaneous provisions - Regulations - Regulations about core provisions

382: Regulations: how they apply to stock in trade

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"Selling food you already have when new food rules start"

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If you have food to sell, you can sell it in the 12 months after new regulations start, if certain conditions are met. You must make sure there is no other law that stops you from selling the food. You also need to prove that the food was already in your stock in New Zealand when the regulations started, or that you bought it to import into New Zealand before the regulations started.

You can also sell the food if you can prove that nothing has been done, or not done, since the regulations started, that would make the food not comply with the regulations. This means the food must still be okay to sell under the new rules.

If you meet these conditions, you can sell the food for 12 months after the new regulations commence.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Regulations: Regulations about core provisions

382Regulations: how they apply to stock in trade

  1. In the 12 months after the commencement date of regulations under this Act, a person may sell food to which the regulations apply if—

  2. there is no provision in or under any enactment other than the regulations that would prevent its sale; and
    1. the person proves that—
      1. at the commencement date the food was part of the existing stock in trade in New Zealand of a person carrying on business in New Zealand; or
        1. the food was purchased before the commencement date for importation into New Zealand; and
        2. since the commencement date no one has done or omitted to do an act that causes the food not to comply with the regulations.