14Requirement to prepare and implement a food safety program

14 Requirement to prepare and implement a food safety program

(1)  Subject to subregulation (2) , an accredited seafood producer must prepare and implement a food safety program in respect of each activity involving seafood for which the accredited seafood producer holds accreditation under this seafood food safety scheme.

(2)  The Chief Inspector may, by written notice, exempt an accredited seafood producer from the requirement to prepare and implement an approved seafood food safety program if the Chief Inspector is satisfied that –

(a) the accredited seafood producer –

(i) farms regulated seafood under a marine farming licence; and

(ii) moves any regulated seafood so farmed to the marine farm of another accredited seafood producer (who has prepared and implemented an approved seafood food safety program) for growing on before the regulated seafood are sold or supplied for human consumption; or

(b) the accredited seafood producer –

(i) takes wild regulated seafood under a commercial fishing licence; and

(ii) supplies any regulated seafood so taken to another accredited seafood producer (who has prepared and implemented an approved seafood food safety program) for processing or additional primary production before the regulated seafood are sold or supplied for human consumption.