The obligation
A program or management statement must comply with any compulsory or advisory standard that applies to a food safety requirement for its scheme.
If a compulsory standard applies to a food safety requirement for a food safety scheme, a program or management statement under the scheme must comply with it. It complies only if it adopts and follows at least one of the ways of preventing or managing exposure to a risk stated in the standard. If an advisory standard applies to a food safety requirement for a scheme, the program or management statement must also comply with the advisory standard.
- What
- A program or management statement must comply with any compulsory or advisory standard that applies to a food safety requirement for its scheme.
- Source
- legislation.qld.gov.au
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Which WHS law does this come from?
Complying with compulsory and advisory standards for food safety schemes is a WHS requirement set out in Food Production (Safety) Regulation 2014 (QLD). It is made under Food Production (Safety) Act 2000 (QLD). The relevant provision is Food Production (Safety) Regulation 2014 > Food Safety Schemes > Standards.
What does this WHS obligation require?
Complying with compulsory and advisory standards for food safety schemes is a WHS obligation under Food Production (Safety) Regulation 2014 (QLD). In short, A program or management statement must comply with any compulsory or advisory standard that applies to a food safety requirement for its scheme.
What changed recently?
Complying with compulsory and advisory standards for food safety schemes was last updated on 9 October 2026.
