Primary Produce Safety (Horticulture Produce) Regulations 2023
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(1) In these regulations –
accredited horticulture producer means the proprietor of a horticulture produce business who is an accredited producer;
Act means the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 ;
food business has the same meaning as in the Food Act 2003 ;
full-time horticulture produce handler means a person who directly engages in the primary production of seed sprouts –
(a) as an employee or agent of a horticulture produce business; and
(b) for 38 hours in a week;
home horticulture production means the production or processing of seed sprouts that does not involve one or more of the following:
(a) the supply of seed sprouts to a horticulture produce business;
(b) the supply of seed sprouts to a food business;
(c) the supply of seed sprouts at a market;
(d) the supply of seed sprouts by way of retail or wholesale;
horticulture produce business means a primary produce business, or proposed primary produce business, that consists, in whole or in part, of the primary production of seed sprouts other than home horticulture production;
horticulture produce premises means premises on which a horticulture produce business is carried on;
horticulture producer means a person who engages in the primary production of seed sprouts;
primary production of seed sprouts means one or more of the following activities undertaken to supply seed sprouts for human consumption to a food business or a horticulture business: