Food Act 2003

advertisement means—

used or apparently used to promote, directly or indirectly, the sale of food.

analysis includes any examination or testing of food or any other thing.

animal includes an amphibian, bird, crustacean, fish, mollusc or reptile.

appropriate enforcement agency means, in relation to the provision in which the expression is used, the enforcement agency prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of that provision.

approved analyst means a person approved under Division 4 of Part 6.

approved form means the form approved from time to time by the Food Authority.

approved laboratory means a laboratory approved under Division 3 of Part 6.

authorised justice has the same meaning as in the Search Warrants Act 1985.

authorised officer means a person appointed under Division 3 of Part 9.

Chief Executive Officer means the person employed in the Public Service as the Chief Executive Officer of the Food Authority.

Commonwealth Food Authority has the same meaning as Authority in the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 of the Commonwealth.

enforcement agency means—

equipment means the whole or part of—

examine includes weigh, count, test or measure.

exercise a function includes perform a duty.

food has the meaning given by section 5.

Food Authority means the NSW Food Authority constituted under Part 9.

Food Authority Fund means the fund established under section 117A.

food business has the meaning given by section 6.

food safety auditor means a member of staff of the Food Authority authorised under Division 1 of Part 7, or another person approved under that Division, to be a food safety auditor.

food safety scheme means a food safety scheme prescribed by the regulations in accordance with Part 8.

Food Safety Standards means the standards contained in Chapter 3 of the Food Standards Code.

Food Standards Code means the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code as defined in the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 of the Commonwealth, as modified in accordance with regulations referred to in section 140 or 141.

food transport vehicle means a vehicle used for the transport of food for sale.

Forum means the Food Regulation Forum established under Division 3A of Part 9.

function includes a power, authority or duty.

handling of food includes the making, manufacturing, producing, collecting, extracting, processing, storing, transporting, delivering, preparing, treating, preserving, packing, cooking, thawing, serving or displaying of food.

improvement notice means an improvement notice issued under Part 5.

label includes any tag, brand, mark or statement in writing or any representation or design or other descriptive matter on or attached to or used or displayed in connection with or accompanying any food or package.

package includes any container or wrapper in or by which food intended for sale is wholly or partly encased, covered, enclosed, contained or packed and, in the case of food carried or sold or intended to be carried or sold in more than one package, includes every such package.

premises includes—

primary food production has the meaning given by section 7.

private corporation means a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.

private subsidiary corporation means a private corporation in which the Food Authority has a controlling interest.

prohibition order means a prohibition order made under Part 5.

proprietor of a food business means—

recall order means an order under Part 3 requiring the recall or disposal, or both, of any food.

register of offences means the register of offences kept under Part 10A.

register of penalty notices means the register of penalty notices kept under Part 10A.

sell includes—

unsafe has the meaning given by section 8.

unsuitable has the meaning given by section 9.

vehicle means any means of transport, whether self-propelled or not, and whether used on land or sea or in the air.