35Alternative verdicts for handling food in unsafe way

35 Alternative verdicts for handling food in unsafe way (1) This section applies to a defendant charged with an offence against section 16 (Knowingly handling food in unsafe way). (2) If the trier of fact is not satisfied that the defendant committed the offence but is satisfied that the defendant committed a lesser food handling offence, the trier of fact may find the defendant not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the lesser food handling offence.

lesser food handling offence means an offence against— (a) section 19 (Negligently handling food in unsafe way); or (b) section 22 (1) (which is about handling food in a way that renders it unsafe etc).