Food Act 2004
42Nature of order
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42 Nature of order (1) An emergency order may do one or more of the following: (a) require the publication of warnings, in an approved form, that a particular food or type of food is unsafe; (b) prohibit cultivating, taking, harvesting or obtaining, from a specified area, a particular food or type of food or other primary produce intended to be used for human consumption; (c) prohibit a particular food or type of food from being advertised or sold; (d) direct that a particular food or type of food consigned or distributed for sale or sold be recalled and specify the manner in which, and the period within which, the recall must be conducted; (e) direct that a particular food or type of food or other primary produce intended to be used for human consumption be impounded, isolated, destroyed or otherwise disposed of and specify the manner in which the impounding, isolation, destruction or disposal must be conducted;
Food Act 2004 25 (f) prohibit absolutely the carrying on of an activity in relation to a particular food or type of food, or permit the carrying on of the activity in accordance with conditions specified in the order; (g) despite paragraph (f), impose conditions relating to the taking and analysis of samples of food or of water or soil or any other thing that is part of the environment in which an activity referred to in that paragraph is carried on in relation to the (h) specify methods of analysis (not inconsistent with any methods prescribed by the Food Standards Code) of any samples required to be taken in accordance with the order. (2) An emergency order may be varied or revoked by the Chief Health Officer in the same manner as it was made.