Pursuant to section 408 of the Food Act 2014, notice is given of the issue on 28 May 2020 of the Food Notice: Requirements for food businesses operating under registered food control plans or national programmes during the COVID-19 response which came into effect on 28 May 2020.

This Notice also amends Clause 3.1 of the Food Notice: Requirements for Food Control Plans and National Programmes, issued on 25 May 2017 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 25 May 2017, Issue No. 54, Notice No. 2017-go2530, to add clause 3.1(3).

A copy of this notice may be inspected free of charge or purchased at a reasonable cost, at the office of the Ministry for Primary Industries, Charles Fergusson Building, 34–38 Bowen Street, PO Box 2526, Wellington 6011.

The notice can also be viewed on the MPI website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/food-safety/food-act-2014/requirements/.

Dated this 29th day of May 2020.

SALLY JOHNSTON, Manager Food & Beverage, New Zealand Food Safety, Ministry for Primary Industries.