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Register of Approved Food Analysts

Section 30 (6) of the Food Act 1984 provides that the Secretary is to maintain a list of persons approved to carry out analyses and a copy of the list is to be open for inspection by any person.

Register of Approved Food Analysts - updated May 2009 (46kb, MS Word)

Food Safety Legislation

The principle State Act that controls the sale of food in Victoria is the Food Act 1984 (available on the Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents website).

The Food Act is the applicable legislation for ensuring the wholesomeness and purity and standards for food sold in Victoria. For the orderly management of this process the Food Act

• sets out offences for breaches of the Food Law and the applicable penalties and defences available to defendants

• sets out the legal definitions for food and other terms

• is the means through which the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code is applied as the law in Victoria (The Food Standards Code is developed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand)

• is the means through which the Australian Food Recall system is applied

• is the means through which the National Food Safety Standards are applied

• is the means through which the Secretary, DHS, approves food safety auditors

• is the means through which Food analysts are approved

• is the means through which municipal council register food businesses as defined in the definition section of the Act

• is the means through which DHS exercises responsibilities for he management of Crown premises

• is the means through which Food Safety programs are a prescribed pre condition for food business registration

The Act provides for the declarations by the Departmental Sectretary, which become part of the law when published in the Government Gazette. The definition of relevent Classes of food business for the purpose of applying Food Safety Programs (Section 19C). This declaration is outlined on page 32 of the Victorian Government Gazette below.

Victorian Government Gazette No. G 49, 6 December 2001 (81kb, pdf)

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