§ 124 — Direction for food vending machines and other equipment

124.—(1) This section applies if the Director‑General is satisfied from the report of an authorised officer or a food inspector that —(a)

a food vending machine is in such an unclean or unsanitary condition as to make any food obtained from the machine unsafe or unsuitable, or likely to be unsafe or unsuitable; or

(b)

an equipment used in —(i)

any slaughter of animals to produce meat or meat products;

(ii)

any manufacturing of food;

(iii)

any primary production activity; or

(iv)

the supply or handling of food,

is in such an unclean or unsanitary condition or a state of disrepair, as to make the resulting meat or meat products, primary produce or food (as the case may be) unsafe or unsuitable, or likely to be unsafe or unsuitable.

(2) The Director‑General may, in a direction given to the owner of the food vending machine or other equipment mentioned in subsection (1), direct the owner to do within a specified time all or any of the following things to the satisfaction of an authorised officer or a food inspector:(a)

put the food vending machine or other equipment into a clean and sanitary condition, which may include disinfection;

(b)

alter, repair or improve the food vending machine or other equipment.

(3) The Director‑General may, in a direction made under this section, further direct that until the matters referred to in subsection (2) are complied with, the owner of the vending machine or other equipment mentioned in subsection (1) concerned —(a)

must stop using, and must prevent and disallow the use of, the food vending machine; or

(b)

must stop using, and must prevent and disallow the use of, the other equipment in connection with any slaughter of animals to produce meat or meat products, any meat processing, any primary production activity or any supply or handling of food,

as is specified in the direction.

(4) If the Director‑General makes a direction that includes a further direction under subsection (3), the Director‑General —(a)

may order that a copy of the direction be affixed to a conspicuous part of the food vending machine or other equipment concerned in such a manner that the direction can be read by an individual who may intend to use the food vending machine or other equipment; and

(b)

if the Director‑General is not the licensing authority for the food vending machine or other equipment, must notify the licensing authority of the making of the direction, and any appeal made under Part 12 against either direction and the outcome of the appeal.

(5) Except with the express approval of an authorised officer, a person must not remove the copy of a direction affixed under subsection (4)(a) to a food vending machine or other equipment while that direction remains in force.

—(1) This section applies if the Director‑General is satisfied from the report of an authorised officer or a food inspector that —(a)

a food vending machine is in such an unclean or unsanitary condition as to make any food obtained from the machine unsafe or unsuitable, or likely to be unsafe or unsuitable; or

(b)

an equipment used in —(i)

any slaughter of animals to produce meat or meat products;

(ii)

any manufacturing of food;

(iii)

any primary production activity; or

(iv)

the supply or handling of food,

is in such an unclean or unsanitary condition or a state of disrepair, as to make the resulting meat or meat products, primary produce or food (as the case may be) unsafe or unsuitable, or likely to be unsafe or unsuitable.

(2) The Director‑General may, in a direction given to the owner of the food vending machine or other equipment mentioned in subsection (1), direct the owner to do within a specified time all or any of the following things to the satisfaction of an authorised officer or a food inspector:(a)

put the food vending machine or other equipment into a clean and sanitary condition, which may include disinfection;

(b)

alter, repair or improve the food vending machine or other equipment.

(3) The Director‑General may, in a direction made under this section, further direct that until the matters referred to in subsection (2) are complied with, the owner of the vending machine or other equipment mentioned in subsection (1) concerned —(a)

must stop using, and must prevent and disallow the use of, the food vending machine; or

(b)

must stop using, and must prevent and disallow the use of, the other equipment in connection with any slaughter of animals to produce meat or meat products, any meat processing, any primary production activity or any supply or handling of food,

as is specified in the direction.

(4) If the Director‑General makes a direction that includes a further direction under subsection (3), the Director‑General —(a)

may order that a copy of the direction be affixed to a conspicuous part of the food vending machine or other equipment concerned in such a manner that the direction can be read by an individual who may intend to use the food vending machine or other equipment; and

(b)

if the Director‑General is not the licensing authority for the food vending machine or other equipment, must notify the licensing authority of the making of the direction, and any appeal made under Part 12 against either direction and the outcome of the appeal.

(5) Except with the express approval of an authorised officer, a person must not remove the copy of a direction affixed under subsection (4)(a) to a food vending machine or other equipment while that direction remains in force.