Purpose and outline
1 Purpose and outline
The purpose of this Act is to—
complement the Food Act 1984 by providing a regulatory system under which all sectors in the seafood supply chain are required to manage food safety risks in accordance with the relevant applicable standards;
make related amendments to the Meat Industry Act 1993;
amend the Dairy Act 2000, the Food Act 1984 and the Fisheries Act 1995.
S. 1(2) amended by No. 16/2026 s. 254.
In outline this Act—
• provides for a scheme to regulate the safety of seafood in Victoria;
• defines seafood and seafood business;
• confers the administration of this Act on Safe Food Victoria;
• specifies that the Food Act 1984 is to prevail in the event of any inconsistency;
• provides for the licensing of seafood businesses;
• enables the making of Codes of Practice and the approval of food safety programs;
• provides for the enforcement of the Act, including the powers of authorised officers and matters relating to legal proceedings under the Act;
• enables specified decisions of the Authority to be reviewed by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal;
• empowers the making of regulations for the purposes of this Act;
• makes related amendments to the Meat Industry Act 1993 and amends the Dairy Act 2000, the Food Act 1984 and the Fisheries Act 1995.
Subsection (2) is intended only as a guide to readers as to the general scheme of this Act.
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