Food Production (Safety) Regulation 2014
sec.19Record keeping requirements
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sec.19 Record keeping requirements
An accreditation holder under a food safety scheme must, unless the holder has a reasonable excuse, keep records for the holder’s business that comply with— subsections (2) to (5) ; and the following— for the dairy scheme— sections 68 to 70 and 77 ; for the egg scheme— sections 108 and 109 ; for the meat scheme— sections 125 , 160 , 161 and 163 ; for the seafood scheme— section 201 . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. The records must demonstrate the holder has complied with the scheme and the holder’s program or management statement. There must be enough records to allow Safe Food to— monitor the holder’s compliance with the scheme and the holder’s program or management statement; and trace from the records the stages that apply to the holder’s program or management statement. supplying an animal to a dairy for milking supplying milk to a factory for processing supplying processed dairy produce to a wholesaler supplying an animal for killing supplying meat or ready-to-eat meat for processing The records must be kept in a way that— correctly records and explains the holder’s activities and transactions; and enables the records to be properly and conveniently audited under part 6 . Records relating to primary produce must be kept for whichever of the following happens last— the end of the use-by date on the produce; the completion of the compliance audit after the produce is processed; 6 months after the record is made. In this section— records include— a record made by the holder for the business; and a record in the holder’s possession. a document recording the results of a pest inspection (sec.19-ssec.1) An accreditation holder under a food safety scheme must, unless the holder has a reasonable excuse, keep records for the holder’s business that comply with— subsections (2) to (5) ; and the following— for the dairy scheme— sections 68 to 70 and 77 ; for the egg scheme— sections 108 and 109 ; for the meat scheme— sections 125 , 160 , 161 and 163 ; for the seafood scheme— section 201 . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.19-ssec.2) The records must demonstrate the holder has complied with the scheme and the holder’s program or management statement. (sec.19-ssec.3) There must be enough records to allow Safe Food to— monitor the holder’s compliance with the scheme and the holder’s program or management statement; and trace from the records the stages that apply to the holder’s program or management statement. supplying an animal to a dairy for milking supplying milk to a factory for processing supplying processed dairy produce to a wholesaler supplying an animal for killing supplying meat or ready-to-eat meat for processing (sec.19-ssec.4) The records must be kept in a way that— correctly records and explains the holder’s activities and transactions; and enables the records to be properly and conveniently audited under part 6 . (sec.19-ssec.5) Records relating to primary produce must be kept for whichever of the following happens last— the end of the use-by date on the produce; the completion of the compliance audit after the produce is processed; 6 months after the record is made. (sec.19-ssec.6) In this section— records include— a record made by the holder for the business; and a record in the holder’s possession. a document recording the results of a pest inspection