Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Recognised agencies, persons, and classes of persons - Performance of specified functions and activities

157A: Recognised agency and recognised person accountable to chief executive

You could also call this:

"Agencies and people helping with food safety must report to the boss and follow the rules."

When you are a recognised agency, you are accountable to the chief executive when you carry out your specified functions and activities for a food business. You do this to make sure the food business is following the rules. The chief executive is in charge of making sure everything runs smoothly.

When you are a recognised person, you are also accountable to the chief executive when you carry out your specified functions and activities for a food business. This means you have to report to the chief executive and make sure you are doing your job correctly.

The rules about being a recognised agency or person were updated by the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018.

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Health and wellbeing > Food and water safetyBusiness > Industry rules

157: Recognised agency or person may act in other capacities, or

"People who help with food safety can do other jobs too, as long as they don't pretend to be doing their food safety job."

158: Suspension of recognition of recognised agency, etc, or

"Stopping a food safety job if the rules are broken"

Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Recognised agencies, persons, and classes of persons: Performance of specified functions and activities

157ARecognised agency and recognised person accountable to chief executive

A recognised agency is, in carrying out its specified functions and activities in relation to a food business, accountable to the chief executive.
A recognised person is, in carrying out his or her specified functions and activities in relation to a food business, accountable to the chief executive.

Notes

Section 157A: inserted, on 2 March 2018, by section 24 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).