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Advice of Authority.
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15.—The Authority shall at the request of the Minister or of another Minister of the Government, provide to the Minister or that other Minister of the Government advice on issues relating to all or any of the matters listed in this section or may, on its own initiative, provide such advice on—
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(a) food-borne diseases, including food-borne zoonotic diseases,
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(b) nutritional aspects of food and the role of diet in public health,
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(c) statutory developments relating to food safety and hygiene,
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(d) technology and industrial practices relating to food and food preparation,
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(e) the organisation and administration of systems for the approval, licensing and registration and inspection of premises carrying on a food business,
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(f) food production including cultivation of crops, fruit and vegetables, the harvest of uncultivated foods, the cultivation and production of shellfish and breeding or rearing of animals for slaughter and for food production,
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(g) labelling and packaging of food (including materials used in packaging),
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(h) the scope for improved systems for the communication of information to the public on the safety and hygiene of food, including the safe handling of food in the home, and
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(i) any other matter relevant to food safety and hygiene,
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and may publish such advice.
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