The duty of the Commission is to monitor,
co-ordinate and keep under review all practices, operations and activities
relating to food and for this purpose it shall:
(a) effectively apply the precautionary
principal when a significant risk to consumers is identified or reasonably
suspected;
(b) monitor the enforcement of any
relevant legislation, standards and practices in relation to food business, food
premises and persons operating in the food business;
(c) administer an efficient and effective
system for rapid alert, product recall and product withdrawal in order to
protect the consumer from any risk that may have identified or suspected for
products already available to the consumer;
(d) do all such things as may be
necessary to ensure that international obligations entered into by the
Government on all matters relating to food are complied with;
(e) formulate and implement policies and
strategies with short-term and long-term objectives, in relation to all matters
relating to food, including the development of a national surveillance and
enforcement plan for food safety and to ensure the effective, transparent and
comprehensive implementation of such plan;
(f) give advice to the Minister on any
matter relating to food either at the request of the Minister or, when it deems
it appropriate, without such request;
(g) carry out studies, research or
investigation on any matter relating to food and for such purpose shall require
the submission of any information and shall analyse and interpret any data or
information submitted to it;
(h) ensure that proper records and
registers are kept to ensure that persons responsible for any food products may
be identified;
(i) issue such guidelines as may be
necessary in relation of food safety;
(j) consider and keep under review the
efficacy of food safety practices being adopted from time to time and make a
report theron at least annually to the Minister;
(k) carry out such other functions as the
Minister may prescribe by regulations; and
(l) carry out such other duties as may be
conductive to the better performance of its functions under this Act.
Last updated: 15/06/2022
