Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · s 9

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s 9Meaning of “handling” food

In this Act, “handling”, in relation to food, includes any one or more of the following activities:

(a)

preparing or manufacturing the food;

(b)

processing the food;

(c)

storing, packing or labelling the food;

(d)

transporting or delivering the food;

(e)

displaying the food;

(f)

dishing up or plating the food;

(g)

serving the food;

(h)

supervising the performance of any activity in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) by another individual;

(i)

any other activity that is prescribed by the Minister, by order in the Gazette, for the purposes of this section.