Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1993 No. 100 IMPORTED FOOD CONTROL REGULATIONS - REG 27

27. (1) Food:

   (a)  that is part of a consignment of food classified as risk food, being a
        consignment that is selected for inspection; and

   (b)  that is not itself part of a sample selected to be inspected; and

   (c)  that would otherwise be required to be held under regulation 26 until
        after the results of inspection or analysis of samples from the
        consignment; and

   (d)  that is so perishable that it cannot be held in its imported condition
        until the results of the inspection are finalised without perishing or
        becoming unusable; may be released by an authorised officer before the
        results of the inspection are determined subject to conditions
        intended to minimise or overcome the risk to human health posed by the
        food.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subregulation (1), conditions under
that subregulation may include a condition that a number of shipments must be
held for inspection before any is released.