Technical reference
A 's job is to stop sale and distribution, inform government, the businesses involved and, at consumer level, the public, and remove the food. Speed depends on records made long before the problem, which is why is the real control.
matters most for food with a long shelf life, or food that is stored by customers. Food for immediate consumption has usually been eaten before anyone can retrieve it, which is why ties the recall duty to the supply sectors.
asks you to look sideways: other products made under similar conditions may carry the same . A shared line, a shared ingredient or a shared cleaning failure can make one into several.
Parameters
| Who must have a written system in Australia | Businesses in wholesale supply, manufacture or importation of food ( cl. 12) |
|---|---|
| Advice to those who hold the food | Product and batch code or date mark, why it's , where to return it, who to contact (, cl. 12) |
| Trace scope | One step back to the supplier and one step forward to the customer (; Code 2.6.2) |
| Testing | Periodic field trials ( §13.5). At least annually under and |
| Trace speed | No figure in . asks that a trace should be achievable within 4 hours (§3.9.3) |
| Recall or withdrawal | : unsafe food. : usually quality, with no public health issue, and outside cl. 12 () |
Records that prove it
- Written recall system and contact list, with review date
- Lot, supplier and date on receipt
- What was made from each lot, and when
- Distribution list: customer, lot and quantity
- Notice, search, count, disposition and acknowledgement
- Returns log and final reconciliation
- Cause, extent and corrective action
- Mock recall result, timing and fixes
CCP or prerequisite?
That depends on the for your process. The number, if it has one, belongs to your plan.
Law and practice
| Control | Australia | New Zealand | Singapore | Malaysia | In practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recall | Written system for wholesale, manufacture and import (3.2.2 cl 12). | Every operator: procedure, notify within 24 hours, simulated every 12 months. | Duty to notify under the 2025 Act not yet commenced when read. | immediately on knowing or having reason to believe food is unsafe (s 13C). | Yearly mock recalls appear where is written down. Some certified plans set target times, such as trace within 2 hours and withdraw within 4. |
Law as read in the authority library between 14 October and 4 November 2026. In practice: food safety programmes read across hotels, clubs, venues, healthcare, manufacturing and airline catering, with no business named. A common practice isn't proof that a is safe or lawful where you are.