16Handling and sale of unsafe food

16 Handling and sale of unsafe food

16 Handling and sale of unsafe food

(1) A person must not handle food intended for sale in a manner that will render, or is likely to render, the food unsafe.

(2) A person must not sell food that is unsafe.

Maximum penalty—500 penalty units in the case of an individual and 2,500 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 16: Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [4].