Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2001 - SECT 8

    (1)     For this Act, "food "includes—

        (a)     any substance or thing of a kind used, or represented as being for use, for human consumption (whether it is live, raw, prepared or partly prepared); or

        (b)     any substance or thing of a kind used, or represented as being for use, as an ingredient or additive in a substance or thing mentioned in paragraph (a); or

        (c)     any substance used in preparing a substance or thing mentioned in paragraph (a) (other than a substance used in preparing a living thing) if it comes into direct contact with the substance or thing mentioned in that paragraph, including, for example, a processing aid; or

        (d)     chewing gum or an ingredient or additive in chewing gum, or any substance used in preparing chewing gum; or

        (e)     any substance or thing declared to be a food under a declaration in force under the Commonwealth Act, section 3B and prescribed by regulation for this paragraph;

whether or not the substance, thing or chewing gum is in a condition fit for human consumption.

    (2)     However, "food" does not include a therapeutic good within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth).

    (3)     To remove any doubt, food may include live animals and plants.