(1) Where a medical officer or any other person becomes aware or suspects that a patient under the care of the medical officer or under the care of that other person suffers from a food borne disease, the medical officer or that other person shall, without delay, send to the medical officer of health of the area in which the patient ordinarily resides, a report stating

(a) the name, age and sex of the patient and the address of the residence of that patient, and

(b) the particulars of the food borne disease from which the patient is or is suspected to be suffering.

(2) The medical officer of health shall immediately take the necessary measures to investigate and prevent the spread or re-occurrence of food borne disease within the area of jurisdiction and report the actions and measures taken to the Authority in the prescribed manner on receipt of the report.

(3) Subject to subsection (2), the Authority shall collaborate with other relevant agencies to determine the manner in which food borne incidences shall be reported.