Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

FOOD ACT 1992 (NO. 47 OF 1992) - SECT 22

22. (1) The Executive may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters—

        (a)     required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

        (b)     necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may make provision with respect to standards relating to—

        (a)     the composition of food, including the maximum amounts of contaminants or residues that may be present in the food;

        (b)     the microbiological status and safety of food;

        (c)     the method of sampling and testing food to determine its composition;

        (d)     the production of food, including the maximum or minimum amounts of additives that must or may be used in the preparation of the food;

        (e)     the packaging, storage or handling of food;

        (f)     information about food, including labelling, promotion and advertising; or

        (g)     the interpretation of other standards, including national standards.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 18 June 1992]

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