New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 13

13 Handling of food in unsafe manner

(1) A person must not handle food intended for sale in a manner that the person knows will render, or is likely to render, the food unsafe.

Maximum penalty: 1,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, in the case of an individual and 5,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation.

(2) A person must not handle food intended for sale in a manner that the person ought reasonably to know is likely to render the food unsafe.

Maximum penalty: 750 penalty units in the case of an individual and 3,750 penalty units in the case of a corporation.