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FOOD (LABELLING OF FREE-RANGE EGGS) AMENDMENT BILL 2012

South Australia

Food (Labelling of Free-range Eggs) Amendment Bill 2012

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Food Act 2001.


Contents

Part 1—Preliminary
1Short title
2Commencement
3Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Food Act 2001
4Insertion of new section
22ARequirements for free-range eggs


The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Food (Labelling of Free-range Eggs) Amendment Act 2012.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation 3 months after assent.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Food Act 2001

4—Insertion of new section

After section 22 insert:

22A—Requirements for free-range eggs

A person must not, for the purpose of effecting or promoting the sale of eggs in the course of carrying on a food business, cause the eggs to be advertised, packaged or labelled in a way that describes the eggs that are for sale as free-range, unless the egg producing chickens are maintained in accordance with the following requirements:

(a) the number of egg producing chickens kept or housed per hectare does not exceed 1 500;

(b) any other requirement prescribed by the regulations.

Maximum penalty:

(a) If the offender is a body corporate—$250 000.

(b) If the offender is a natural person—$50 000.

 


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