Growers of berries and leafy vegetables selling from a small roadside fridge, the farm gate or a farmer’s market have been given three months to prepare for the introduction of stringent and costly new safety regulations.

Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia (SSAA) Tasmania vice-president Don Riddell says a new program it is working on with the state government and other stakeholders linking up farmers and hunters is virtually the same as an existing initiative his organisation has had in place for more than a decade.