New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

FOOD ACT 1989 - SECT 9

9 Preparation or sale of adulterated or sub-standard food

(1) A person who prepares for sale any food for which there is a standard prescribed is guilty of an offence unless the food complies with the prescribed standard.

(2) A person who sells any food which bears or has attached to it, or is contained in a package which bears or has attached to it, a name prescribed for a food for which there is a standard prescribed or which is otherwise designated or represented as being a food for which a standard is prescribed is guilty of an offence unless the food complies with the prescribed standard.

(3) A person who sells any article of food which is adulterated or falsely described is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or both.