130Notification of a notifiable micro-organism in food

130 Notification of a notifiable micro-organism in food

(1) Subject to subsection (3), subsection (2) applies to a person in charge of a laboratory service situated within Victoria where a notifiable micro-organism is—

(a) isolated or detected by that laboratory service from or within food or from or within samples taken from food, regardless of where the sample was taken; or

(b) isolated or detected on behalf of that person by another laboratory service situated outside Victoria from or within food or from or within samples taken from food, regardless of where the sample was taken.

(2) The person in charge of the laboratory service must notify the Secretary of the notification details in accordance with—

(a) if the notifiable micro-organism was prescribed to be a notifiable micro-organism by the regulations, the regulations; or

(b) if the notifiable micro-organism was declared to be a notifiable micro-organism in an Order in Council, the Order in Council.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the notifiable micro-organism is isolated or detected in the course of a test carried out only for—

(a) educational purposes; or

(b) the purpose of academic research.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if the proprietor of a food premises or food vending machine in Victoria is informed at any time by the person in charge of a laboratory service whether situated inside or outside Victoria that—

(a) a sample of food handled by that proprietor has been tested by that laboratory; and

(b) the test conducted by the laboratory has isolated or detected a notifiable micro‑organism in the food sample.

(5) The proprietor of the food premises or food vending machine must notify the Secretary of the notification details in accordance with—

(a) if the notifiable micro-organism was prescribed to be a notifiable micro-organism by the regulations, the regulations; or

(b) if the notifiable micro-organism was declared to be a notifiable micro-organism in an Order in Council, the Order in Council.

(6) In this section, food includes—

(a) any substance or thing of a kind used for, or represented as being for the use of, human consumption, whether it is raw, prepared or partly prepared;

(b) any substance or thing of a kind used, or represented as being for use, as an ingredient or additive in a substance or thing referred to in paragraph (a);

(c) any substance used in preparing a substance or thing referred to in paragraph (a), other than a substance used in preparing a living thing, if it comes into direct contact with the substance or thing referred to in that paragraph, such as a processing aid;