Food Act 2006
sec.217Nature of order
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sec.217 Nature of order
An order under this part may do any 1 or more of the following— require the publication of warnings, in a form approved by the chief executive, that a particular food or type of food is unsafe; prohibit the cultivation, taking, harvesting or obtaining, from a stated area, of a particular food or type of food or other primary produce intended to be used for human consumption; prohibit a particular food or type of food from being advertised or sold; direct that a particular food or type of food consigned or distributed for sale or sold be recalled and state the way in which, and the period within which, the recall must be conducted; direct that a particular food or type of food intended to be used for human consumption be impounded, isolated, destroyed or otherwise disposed of and state the way in which the impounding, isolation, destruction or disposal must be conducted; 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 only under conditions stated in the order; without limiting paragraph (f) , impose conditions relating to the taking and analysis of samples of the food or of water or soil or another thing that is part of the environment in which that activity is carried on in relation to the food; state methods of analysis (not inconsistent with any methods prescribed by the food standards code) of any samples required to be taken under the order. An order under this part may be varied or revoked by the chief executive in the same way as the order was made. (sec.217-ssec.1) An order under this part may do any 1 or more of the following— require the publication of warnings, in a form approved by the chief executive, that a particular food or type of food is unsafe; prohibit the cultivation, taking, harvesting or obtaining, from a stated area, of a particular food or type of food or other primary produce intended to be used for human consumption; prohibit a particular food or type of food from being advertised or sold; direct that a particular food or type of food consigned or distributed for sale or sold be recalled and state the way in which, and the period within which, the recall must be conducted; direct that a particular food or type of food intended to be used for human consumption be impounded, isolated, destroyed or otherwise disposed of and state the way in which the impounding, isolation, destruction or disposal must be conducted; 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 only under conditions stated in the order; without limiting paragraph (f) , impose conditions relating to the taking and analysis of samples of the food or of water or soil or another thing that is part of the environment in which that activity is carried on in relation to the food; state methods of analysis (not inconsistent with any methods prescribed by the food standards code) of any samples required to be taken under the order. (sec.217-ssec.2) An order under this part may be varied or revoked by the chief executive in the same way as the order was made.