Food Production (Safety) Regulation 2014
sec.36Accreditation holder must notify Safe Food of failure to comply with relevant requirement
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sec.36 Accreditation holder must notify Safe Food of failure to comply with relevant requirement
This section applies if an accreditation holder, who produces primary produce, becomes aware, or forms a suspicion, that the primary produce does not comply with a relevant requirement. The holder must immediately notify Safe Food, in a way mentioned in subsection (3) , of the failure, or suspected failure, to comply with the relevant requirement. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. The notification must be made— by phone, to a phone number used by Safe Food for receiving notifications under subsection (2) ; or in writing, either— using the Safe Food website; or to an email address used by Safe Food for receiving notifications under subsection (2) . At the commencement of this section— the phone number used by Safe Food to receive notifications under subsection (2) was 07 3253 9800; and Safe Food’s website was at www.safefood.qld.gov.au; and the email address used by Safe Food to receive notifications under subsection (2) was notify@safefood.qld.gov.au. In this section— relevant requirement means a requirement applying to the production of the primary produce under— this regulation; or a program or management statement; or a condition imposed on the holder’s accreditation. (sec.36-ssec.1) This section applies if an accreditation holder, who produces primary produce, becomes aware, or forms a suspicion, that the primary produce does not comply with a relevant requirement. (sec.36-ssec.2) The holder must immediately notify Safe Food, in a way mentioned in subsection (3) , of the failure, or suspected failure, to comply with the relevant requirement. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.36-ssec.3) The notification must be made— by phone, to a phone number used by Safe Food for receiving notifications under subsection (2) ; or in writing, either— using the Safe Food website; or to an email address used by Safe Food for receiving notifications under subsection (2) . At the commencement of this section— the phone number used by Safe Food to receive notifications under subsection (2) was 07 3253 9800; and Safe Food’s website was at www.safefood.qld.gov.au; and the email address used by Safe Food to receive notifications under subsection (2) was notify@safefood.qld.gov.au. (sec.36-ssec.4) In this section— relevant requirement means a requirement applying to the production of the primary produce under— this regulation; or a program or management statement; or a condition imposed on the holder’s accreditation.
- (a) by phone, to a phone number used by Safe Food for receiving notifications under subsection (2) ; or
- (b) in writing, either— (i) using the Safe Food website; or (ii) to an email address used by Safe Food for receiving notifications under subsection (2) .