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Food Act 2014

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

61A: Clarity of food control plans not based on official template or model

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"Food control plans not using the official template must be clear and meet the rules."

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If you have a food control plan that is not based on an official template or model, a registration authority might check if it meets the rules in section 56(e). The authority can ask you to change your plan so it complies with section 56(e). You must make the changes within 6 months after the authority asks you to do so.

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

61AClarity of food control plans not based on official template or model

  1. If a registration authority considers that a food control plan that is not based on an official template or model does not comply with section 56(e),—

  2. the authority may require the operator of the plan to amend the plan to comply with section 56(e); and
    1. the operator must amend the plan accordingly within 6 months after the date the operator received the authority’s requirement to amend the plan.

      Notes
      • Section 61A: inserted, on , by section 12 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).