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Part 4 · Food Businesses

99. Information food business proprietor must keep or have ready access to

(1)

Every proprietor of a licensable food business to which this Division applies must keep, or have ready access to, the information described in subsection (2) for no shorter than the prescribed period after the date that the food is supplied by the proprietor.

(2)

The information is —

(a)

the prescribed identity particulars and prescribed contact details of the person to whom the food was supplied by the proprietor;

(b)

the prescribed identity particulars and prescribed contact details of —

(i)

the manufacturer or primary producer of the food; or

(ii)

the person from whom the proprietor acquired the food;

(c)

a description of the identity of the food by commodity, brand (if any) and lot (if any); and

(d)

any other information that is prescribed.

(3)

A proprietor of a licensable food business who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

where the person is an individual — to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; or

(b)

where the person is not an individual — to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(4)

Strict liability applies to the offence in subsection (3).

(5)

In this section, “prescribed” means prescribed by any regulations made under Part 15.

Part 5

Defined Food and Pre-Market Approval

Part 6

Provision of Non-Packaged Drinking Water

Part 7

Food Safety and Sustainable Primary Production Measures

Part 8

Offences Relating to Food Safety

Part 9

Food and Health Promotion

Part 10

Misleading or Deceptive Conduct and Other Marketing Offences

Part 11

Certain Agri-Food Production Inputs

Part 12

Appeals

Part 13

Monitoring and Enforcement

Part 14

Administration

Part 15

Regulations and Codes

Part 16

Miscellaneous

Part 17

Amendments to Other Acts and Final Provisions

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