2B. Meaning of “food business”

Terms defined in s 2

• food

  food

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  “food” has the meaning given by section 2A;

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• food business

  food business

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  “food business” has the meaning given by section 2B;

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• handling

  handling

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  “handling”, in relation to food for sale, includes any one or more of the following:(a)making or manufacturing the food;(b)processing or preserving the food;(c)cooking, defrosting, heating or preparing the food;(d)storing, packing or labelling the food;(e)transporting or delivering the food;(f)displaying the food;(g)serving the food,but does not include primary food production;

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• non-retail food business

  non-retail food business

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  “non-retail food business” has the meaning given by section 2F;

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• premises

  premises

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  “premises” includes —(a)land (whether or not vacant); (b)the whole or any part of a building, tent, stall or other structure (whether of a permanent or temporary nature);(c)a vehicle; and(d)a pontoon;

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• primary food production

  primary food production

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  “primary food production” means the growing, raising, cultivation, picking, harvesting, collection or catching of food, and includes the following:(a)the transport or delivery of food on, from or between premises on which it was grown, raised, cultivated, picked, harvested, collected or caught;(b)the packing, treating (for example, washing) or storing of food on the premises on which it was grown, raised, cultivated, picked, harvested, collected or caught;(c)the storage of food in a silo that is not connected with a food processing operation and the transport or delivery of food from, between or to such silos; (d)the sale of livestock at sale yards and the transport of livestock to and from sale yards;(e)any other food production activity that is prescribed as primary food production for the purposes of this Act,but does not include —(f)any process involving the substantial transformation of food (for example, manufacturing or canning), regardless of whether the process is carried out on the premises on which the food was grown, raised, cultivated, picked, harvested, collected or caught;(g)the sale or service of food directly to the public; or(h)any other food production activity that is declared by the Minister by order in the Gazette not to be primary food production for the purposes of this Act;

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• retail food business

  retail food business

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  “retail food business” means a business or an undertaking or activity at a food establishment within the meaning of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987 which is used for a purpose specified in the First Schedule to that Act;

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