Primary Produce Safety (Egg) Regulations 2024 (Tas)

Primary Produce Safety (Egg) Regulations 2024

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 .

2 December 2024

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

J. HOWLETT

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Primary Produce Safety (Egg) Regulations 2024 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 31 December 2024.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – accredited egg producer means an egg producer that is an accredited producer; Act means the Primary Produce Safety Act 2011 ; approved egg food safety program means a food safety program in respect of egg or egg product that is an approved food safety program; egg business means a primary produce business, or a proposed primary produce business, that consists, in whole or in part, of egg production or egg processing, either alone or in combination, other than home egg production; egg food safety scheme – see regulation 6 ; egg-laying bird means a female bird that has reached a stage of growth where the bird is capable of laying eggs; egg processing means – (a) pulping, separating, grading, packing, washing, candling, assessing for cracks or oiling eggs that are intended for supply to an egg business or food business; and (b) treating, through pasteurisation or other similar processes, egg product that is intended for supply to an egg business or food business; and (c) storing or transporting egg or egg product when undertaken as a result of an activity specified in paragraph (a) or (b) ; egg producer means a producer who engages in, or is proposing to engage in, egg production or egg processing, either alone or in combination; egg product means the content of an egg, in part or in whole, in liquid, frozen or dried form; egg production means the collection of eggs – (a) produced by egg-laying birds that are kept or managed for that purpose; and (b) for the purposes of human consumption; food business has the same meaning as in the Food Act 2003 ; full-time egg handler means an individual who directly engages in egg production or egg processing – (a) as an employee or agent of an egg business; and (b) for 38 hours in a week; home egg production means egg production carried on at residential premises that does not involve any of the following: (a) the keeping or management of more than 20 egg-laying birds at any one time; (b) the supply of eggs to an egg business; (c) the supply of eggs to a food business; (d) the supply of eggs at a market; (e) the supply of eggs by way of wholesale.