102Regulations relating to establishment of food safety schemes

102 Regulations relating to establishment of food safety schemes

102 Regulations relating to establishment of food safety schemes

(1) The regulations may prescribe food safety schemes in relation to a type, class or description of food, food business or activity carried out in respect of food.

(2) In particular, the regulations prescribing a food safety scheme may make provision for or with respect to the following—

(a) regulating the handling or sale of food,

(b) prohibiting activities in relation to the handling or sale of food,

(c) without limiting the generality of paragraphs (a) and (b), regulating the temperatures at which food must be kept,

(d) the classification, marking or other identification of food,

(e) requiring the licensing of activities in relation to the handling or sale of food,

(f) requiring the licensing of any person, business, premises, vehicle or equipment in relation to the handling or sale of food,

(g) the imposition of conditions on licences,

(h) the suspension or cancellation of licences,

(i) appeals from, or reviews of, decisions made under the regulations in relation to licences or applications for the granting of licences,

(j) requiring the preparation, implementation, maintenance and monitoring of food safety programs for food businesses to ensure that the provisions of this Act and the regulations are complied with,

(k) the certification and auditing of programs referred to in paragraph (j),

(l) the manner of taking samples for the purposes of a food safety scheme,

(m) the methods of analysis to be observed when carrying out analyses for the purposes of a food safety scheme,

(n) establishing committees or other bodies with specified functions relating to the monitoring of a food safety scheme at a local level and the making of recommendations on the operation of a food safety scheme at that local level,

(o) providing for the funding of those committees or bodies by the Food Authority and the accounting by those committees or bodies of any money received from the Food Authority,