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Under Food Act 2003

Food safety auditing and review of approval decisions

Act version as at 1 Jul 2025 From Food Act 2003, no changes tracked yet
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TAS Food Act 2003 (Tas)
The obligation
Food safety auditors must give the food business proprietor a copy of any audit report they provide to the appropriate authority.
A food safety auditor must give the proprietor of the food business a copy of any report on an audit or assessment that the auditor provides to the appropriate authority. An auditor may change how often a food business's required food safety program is audited, from the initial frequency for its priority classification to another frequency within the range for that classification. …
What
Food safety auditors must give the food business proprietor a copy of any audit report they provide to the appropriate authority.
Source
legislation.tas.gov.au

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Which WHS law does this come from?

Food safety auditing and review of approval decisions is a WHS requirement set out in Food Act 2003 (TAS). The relevant provision is Food Act 2003 (Tas).

What does this WHS obligation require?

Food safety auditing and review of approval decisions is a WHS obligation under Food Act 2003 (TAS). In short, Food safety auditors must give the food business proprietor a copy of any audit report they provide to the appropriate authority.

What changed recently?

Food safety auditing and review of approval decisions was last updated on 11 October 2026.

About this Topic

JurisdictionTAS
CountryAustralia
Updates trackedMonitoring
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First seenOct 2026