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FOOD ACT 2001 - SECT 21

False description of food

    (1)     A person must not cause food intended for sale to be falsely described if the person ought reasonably to know that a consumer of the food who relies on the description is likely to suffer physical harm.

Maximum penalty: 750 penalty units.

Note     For examples of food that is falsely described, see s 15.

    (2)     A person must not sell food that the person ought reasonably to know is falsely described and is likely to cause physical harm to a consumer of the food who relies on the description.

Maximum penalty: 750 penalty units.



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