Food Act 1981
{{Short description|Act of Parliament in New Zealand}}
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| long_title = An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the sale of food
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| date_assented = 14 October 1981
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| amended_by = Food Amendment Act 1996
Food Amendment Act 2002
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| status = Repealed
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The Food Act 1981 was an Act of Parliament in New Zealand. It is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
The Food Act 2014 replaced the Food Act progressively over three years from when it came into force in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/policy-law/food-act-2014/overview.htm|title=Overview – Food Act 2014|publisher=Ministry for Primary Industries|accessdate=21 February 2015}}
Provisions
Whereas previous food legislation in New Zealand had primarily focused on the purity of foods, the Food Act 1981 was a consumer protection law focused on the regulation of food sales, advertising, hygiene, and safety standards.{{Cite journal |last=Harris |first=Peter J. |last2=Shaw |first2=Ian C. |date=2018-11-01 |title=Solving New Zealand's Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) product crisis: A risk-based proposal |url=https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/agispt.20190501009759 |journal=Canterbury Law Review |volume=24 |pages=35–60 |doi=10.3316/agispt.20190501009759}} It was the principal act governing food safety in the country until its repeal and replacement by the Food Act 2014, which came into full effect on 28 February 2019.{{Cite web |title=Non-Tariff Measures in Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Findings |url=http://www.eria.org/publications/non-tariff-measures-in-australia-china-india-japan-new-zealand-and-the-republic-of-korea-preliminary-findings/ |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia – ERIA |language=id}}
Alongside the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 and the Health Act 1956, it mandated that the manufacturing, packaging, processing, and sale of food occur in registered food premises.{{Cite journal |last=Guthrie |first=John |last2=Guthrie |first2=Anna |last3=Lawson |first3=Rob |last4=Cameron |first4=Alan |date=2006-07-01 |editor-last=Vignali |editor-first=Claudio |title=Farmers' markets: the small business counter‐revolution in food production and retailing |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00070700610676370/full/html |journal=British Food Journal|volume=108 |issue=7 |pages=560–573 |doi=10.1108/00070700610676370 |issn=0007-070X|hdl=1959.3/360942 |hdl-access=free }}
Under the provisions of the Food Act 1981, Governor General of New Zealand David Beattie presided over an Order in Council to introduce the Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985, as a way to regulate dietary supplements.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1981/0045/latest/DLM48687.html Text of the Act]
- [http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/policy-law/food-regulation/nz-food-legislation/food-act-1981.htm Food Act 1981] at the Ministry for Primary Industries
Category:Food safety in New Zealand
Category:Statutes of New Zealand
Category:1981 in New Zealand law
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