FOOD ACT 2008 - SECT 13
FOOD ACT 2008 - SECT 13
13 . Unsuitable food
(1) For the purposes
of this Act, food is unsuitable if it is food that —
(a) is
damaged, deteriorated or perished to an extent that affects its reasonable
intended use; or
(b)
contains any damaged, deteriorated or perished substance that affects its
reasonable intended use; or
(c) is
the product of a diseased animal, or an animal that has died otherwise than by
slaughter, and has not been declared by or under another Act to be safe for
human consumption; or
(d)
contains a biological or chemical agent, or other matter or substance, that is
foreign to the nature of the food.
(2) However, food is
not unsuitable for the purposes of this Act merely because —
(a) at
any particular time before it is sold for human consumption it contains an
agricultural or veterinary chemical; or
(b) when
it is sold for human consumption it contains an agricultural or veterinary
chemical, so long as it does not contain the chemical in an amount that
contravenes the Food Standards Code; or
(c) it
contains a metal or non-metal contaminant (within the meaning of the Food
Standards Code) in an amount that does not contravene the permitted level for
the contaminant as specified in the Food Standards Code; or
(d) it
contains any matter or substance that is permitted by the Food Standards Code.
(3) In this section
—
slaughter , of an animal, includes the killing of
an animal in the process of capturing, taking or harvesting it for the
purposes of preparing it for use as food.