17Handling and sale of unsuitable food

17 Handling and sale of unsuitable food

17 Handling and sale of unsuitable food

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

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

(3) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the food concerned is safe.

Maximum penalty—400 penalty units in the case of an individual and 2,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation.

Note—

An offence against subsection (1) or (2) 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 17: Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [5].