Food Act 2003
14Sale of unsafe food
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14 Sale of unsafe food
14 Sale of unsafe food
(1) A person must not sell food that the person knows is unsafe.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, in the case of an individual and 5,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation.
(2) A person must not sell food that the person ought reasonably to know is unsafe.
Maximum penalty—750 penalty units in the case of an individual and 3,750 penalty units in the case of a corporation.
Note—
An offence against this section committed by a corporation is an executive liability offence attracting executive liability for a director or other person involved in the management of the corporation—see section 122.
s 14: Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [2].