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FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 13

PART 2 - Offences relating to food Division 1 - Serious offences relating to food 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.

Penalty:

In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 5 000 penalty units.

      (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.

Penalty:

In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding 750 penalty units; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 3 750 penalty units.


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