27Dealing with failing food—lots of food

27 Dealing with failing food—lots of food

(1) For the purposes of subsection 14(3) of the Act, the circumstances are that subsection 26(2) of this instrument applies. (2) For the purposes of paragraph 16(2)(b) of the Act, if: (a) details of lots are provided for a batch of food; and (b) 2 or more lots of food from the batch are taken to be failing food under subsection 26(2) of this instrument; and (c) the owner of the food presents some or all of those lots for inspection, or inspection and analysis, within a reasonable period after they were taken to be failing food; then samples of those lots may be taken at a rate that is higher than the rate set out in section 23 of this instrument.