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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.
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> > 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.
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> > (2) A person must not sell food that the person ought reasonably to know is unsafe.
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> > Maximum penalty—750 penalty units in the case of an individual and 3,750 penalty units in the case of a corporation.
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> Note—
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> 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.
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> **s 14:** Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 \[2\].