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.