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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC HEALTH (NOTIFIABLE CONTAMINANTS) REGULATIONS 2020 - REG 8

8—Circumstances in which notification is required

        (1)         For the purposes of section 68(4) of the Act, circumstances in which the person is aware, or suspects, that a responsible person has not reported the detection or isolation of a notifiable contaminant to the Chief Public Health Officer are prescribed.

        (2)         For the purposes of section 68(4)(a) of the Act, the following circumstances are prescribed:

            (a)         where a test has detected or isolated a contaminant declared under regulation 5(1) or (2) to be a notifiable contaminant in food;

            (b)         where a test has detected or isolated a contaminant declared under regulation 6(1) to be a notifiable contaminant in food referred to in section S27— 4 of Schedule 27 of the Code at a level greater than the unacceptable microbiological level;

            (c)         where a test has detected or isolated a contaminant declared under regulation 7(1) to be a notifiable contaminant in ready-to-eat food at a level that is equal to or greater than the unsatisfactory or potentially hazardous level.

        (3)         Subregulation (2)(a) does not apply to the preliminary or presumptive detection or isolation of any such contaminant in food, except where the Chief Public Health Officer requires otherwise.

        (4)         Testing of food for the purposes of subregulation (2)(b) must be carried out in accordance with Standard 1.6.1.



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