114Meaning of “plant products business”

114 Meaning of “plant products business”

114 Meaning of “plant products business”

(1) In the plant products food safety scheme, plant products business means a business involving the handling of plant products, if any of the following activities are carried out in the operation of the business—

(a) extracting juice from vegetables or fruits without pasteurising the juice,

(b) processing seed sprouts, fruits or vegetables, excluding berries, leafy vegetables and melons, to produce plant products, including in the following ways—

(i) cutting,

(ii) peeling,

(iii) preserving,

(iv) cooking,

(c) storing plant products,

(d) transporting plant products,

(e) packaging plant products,

(f) growing or harvesting berries, leafy vegetables or melons from a property with a cultivated area of 2ha or more,

(g) processing berries, leafy vegetables or melons in the following ways—

(i) washing, trimming, sorting, sanitising,

(ii) combining harvested berries,

(iii) combining harvested leafy vegetables,

(iv) combining harvested melons,

(v) packing berries, leafy vegetables or melons,

(h) storing berries, leafy vegetables or melons in combination with a processing activity listed in paragraph (g),

(i) transporting berries, leafy vegetables or melons between primary processing premises in combination with a processing activity listed in paragraph (g).

(2) A reference to a business or activity in subsection (1) does not include a reference to a business or activity that is the subject of a declaration in force under section 116.

(3) To avoid doubt, micro producers are not plant products businesses.

s 114: Am 2025 (429), Sch 9[6]–[8].