New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 13

13 Handling of food in unsafe manner

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

: 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.

(2) A person must not handle food intended for sale in a manner that the person ought reasonably to know is likely to render the food unsafe.

: Maximum penalty--750 penalty units in the case of an individual and 3,750 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.