New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 17

17 Handling and sale of unsuitable food

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

(2) A person must not sell food that is unsuitable.

(3) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the food concerned is safe.

Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units in the case of an individual and 2,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation.