Notification of food businesses
86 Notification of food businesses
The proprietor of a food business must not conduct the food business unless the proprietor has given written notice, in the approved form, of the information specified in the Food Safety Standards that is to be notified to the appropriate enforcement agency before the business is conducted. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
If the offender is a body corporate—$120 000.
If the offender is a natural person—$25 000. Expiation fee:
If the offender is a body corporate—$1 500.
If the offender is a natural person—$300.
The proprietor of a food business that is being conducted when the notification requirements of the Food Safety Standards commence must give written notice, in the approved form and within 3 months after the commencement of those requirements, of the information specified in the Food Safety Standard that is to be notified to the appropriate enforcement agency. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
If the offender is a body corporate—$120 000.
If the offender is a natural person—$25 000. Expiation fee:
If the offender is a body corporate—$1 500.
If the offender is a natural person—$300.
If—
a food business is transferred to another person; or
there is a change in the name or address of a food business, the proprietor of the food business (being, in the case where paragraph (a) applies, the new proprietor) must give written notice, in the approved form and within the prescribed period, of the transfer or change (as the case may be) to the enforcement agency that would be the appropriate enforcement agency if the notification were an initial notification under subsection (1) or (2). Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $5 000. Expiation fee: $250.
This section does not apply to a food business that is not required by the Food Safety Standards to notify the information referred to in subsection (1) or (2).
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