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Food Act 1984
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10 Knowingly falsely describing food
(1) A person must not cause food intended for sale to be falsely described if the person knows that a consumer of the food who relies on the description will, or is likely to, suffer physical harm.
(2) A person must not sell food that the person knows is falsely described and will, or is likely to, cause physical harm to a consumer of the food who relies on the description.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to a penalty not exceeding—
Note to s. 10 inserted by No. 13/2013 s. 24(2).
S. 10A inserted by No. 14/2001 s. 8.