Food Act 2003
19Sale of food not complying with purchaser’s demand
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19 Sale of food not complying with purchaser’s demand
19 Sale of food not complying with purchaser’s demand
(1) A person must not, in the course of carrying on a food business, supply food by way of sale if the food is not of the nature or substance demanded by the purchaser.
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 subsection (1) 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.
(2) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the food concerned is safe.
s 19: Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.13 [7].