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Food Act 1984
32ASampling requirement declaration
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32A Sampling requirement declaration
(1) The Secretary may, by notice published in the Government Gazette, make a declaration specifying the sampling and reporting requirements for—
(a) each period, specified in the declaration; or
(b) a specific survey.
(2) The declaration may specify—
(a) the number and type of food samples that must be obtained and submitted for analysis by each council for each period or for the survey, as the case may be;
(b) whether the samples may be obtained from any food premises or must be obtained from specified types or classes of food premises;
(c) the manner in which the samples must be analysed;
(d) information that must be provided with the sample to the analyst;
(e) any other matter relevant to the samples;
(f) information that must be included in the report of the results of the analysis given under section 32(2).
(3) A declaration made under subsection (1)(a) may operate concurrently with a declaration made under subsection (1)(b).
S. 33 amended by No. 20/1995 s. 10.