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FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 20 Sale of unfit equipment or packaging or labelling material

FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 20

Sale of unfit equipment or packaging or labelling material

(1)  A person must not sell equipment that if used for the purposes for which it was designed or intended to be used –
(a) would render, or be likely to render, food unsafe; or
(b) would put other equipment, or would be likely to put other equipment, in such a condition that, if the other equipment were used for the purposes for which it was designed or intended to be used, it would render, or be likely to render, food unsafe.
Penalty:  In the case of –
(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units; or
(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 2 500 penalty units.
(2)  A person must not sell packaging or labelling material that if used for the purposes for which it was designed or intended to be used would render, or be likely to render, food unsafe.
Penalty:  In the case of –
(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units; or
(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 2 500 penalty units.