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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:
This Act may be cited as the Food (Labelling of Free-range Eggs)
Amendment Act 2012.
This Act will come into operation 3 months after assent.
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
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.