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person unless the food was completely wrapped when served and has remained completely wrapped.

12 Food recall

A food business engaged in the wholesale supply, manufacture or importation of food must –

(a) have in place a system to ensure the recall of unsafe food;
(b) set out this system in a written document and make this document available to an authorised officer upon request; and
(c) comply with this system when recalling unsafe food.

Editorial note:

Food businesses that are not engaged in the wholesale supply, manufacture or importation of food are not required to have a food recall system.  However, all food businesses should note that food that is subject to recall is 'food for disposal' and hence all food businesses must comply with the requirements of clause 11 in relation to recalled food.

Division 4 – Health and hygiene requirements

Subdivision 1 – Requirements for food handlers

13 General requirement

A food handler must take all reasonable measures not to handle food or surfaces likely to come into contact with food in a way that is likely to compromise the safety and suitability of food.

14 Health of food handlers

(1) A food handler who has a symptom that indicates the handler may be suffering from a foodborne disease, or knows he or she is suffering from a foodborne disease, or is a carrier of a foodborne disease, must, if at work –

(a) report that he or she is or may be suffering from the disease, or knows that he or she is carrying the disease, to his or her supervisor, as the case may be;
(b) not engage in any handling of food where there is a reasonable likelihood of food contamination as a result of the disease; and

(c) if continuing to engage in other work on the food premises – take all practicable measures to prevent food from being contaminated as a result of the disease.

(2) A food handler who suffers from a condition must, if at work –

(a) if there is a reasonable likelihood of food contamination as a result of suffering the condition – report that he or she is suffering from the condition to his or her supervisor; and
(b) if continuing to engage in the handling of food or other work – take all practicable measures to prevent food being contaminated as a result of the condition.

(3) A food handler must notify his or her supervisor if the food handler knows or suspects that he or she may have contaminated food whilst handling food.

15 Hygiene of food handlers

(1) A food handler must, when engaging in any food handling operation –

(a) take all practicable