45Packages to be sound and clean

45 Packages to be sound and clean

(1) A person must not pack for sale or sell any packaged fruit, vegetables or nuts unless the package is—

(a) clean to touch; and

(b) free of extraneous visible matter; and

(c) free of objectionable odour; and

(d) in good repair.

(2) An inspector may by order require used packages referred to in subsection (1)—

(a) to be subject to a specified treatment or a specified course of treatment or to be subject to other action of a specified kind for the purpose of ensuring compliance with subsection (1);

(b) to be destroyed or disposed of in a specified manner;

(c) to be cleaned, repaired or otherwise treated in a specified manner.

(3) Any order issued by an inspector under subsection (2) must—

(c) fix a reasonable time by which the order must be complied with.

(4) A person must not contravene any written order of an inspector under subsection (2).