Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Food Act 1984 - SECT 27

Destruction or other disposal of seized food

27. Destruction or other disposal of seized food

Notwithstanding anything in sections 25 and 26, where an authorized officer
has seized any food under this Act and-

   (a)  the owner of the food or the person in whose possession the food was
        at the time of seizure consents to the destruction or other disposal
        thereof; or

   (b)  the food is in the opinion of the authorized officer decayed,
        deteriorated or putrefied-

the authorized officer-

   (c)  may destroy or otherwise dispose of the food; or

   (d)  if the owner of the food or the person in whose possession the food
        was at the time of seizure so requests, may permit the owner or, as
        the case may be, that person to destroy or otherwise dispose of the
        food subject to such reasonable conditions as the authorized officer
        stipulates.