Food Act 2006

An auditor must, within 14 days after completing a compliance or nonconformance audit of an accredited food safety program, give a report about the audit to—

the holder of the program; and

the local government that accredited it.

The report must include all of the following information—

the auditor’s name;

the days the audit started and ended, and the time spent conducting the audit;

the address of, or other information sufficient to identify, the place at which the audit was conducted;

details of the activities audited, and the food safety program relevant to the audit;

whether, in the auditor’s opinion, the activities comply or do not comply with the food safety program or the food standards code, standards 3.2.2 and 3.2.3;

the reasons that the auditor considers the activities comply or do not comply with the food safety program or the food standards code, standards 3.2.2 and 3.2.3;

if the activities do not comply with the food safety program or the food standards code, standards 3.2.2 and 3.2.3—details of action taken, or proposed to be taken, to remedy the noncompliance;

whether, in the auditor’s opinion and having regard to the matters mentioned in section 104, the food safety program needs to be amended, and if so, the reasons that the auditor considers the program should be amended;

whether, in the auditor’s opinion—

an auditor needs to conduct a nonconformance audit of the food safety program in relation to any noncompliance identified in the audit; or

the frequency of compliance audits for the food safety program should be changed, and if so, the reasons that the auditor considers the frequency should be changed;

other information prescribed under a regulation.