Food Act 2003

In this Act, food includes—

any substance or thing of a kind used, or represented as being for use, for human consumption (whether it is live, raw, prepared or partly prepared), or

any substance or thing of a kind used, or represented as being for use, as an ingredient or additive in a substance or thing referred to in paragraph (a), or

any substance used in preparing a substance or thing referred to in paragraph (a) (other than a substance used in preparing a living thing) if it comes into direct contact with the substance or thing referred to in that paragraph, such as a processing aid, or

chewing gum or an ingredient or additive in chewing gum, or any substance used in preparing chewing gum, or

any substance or thing declared to be a food under a declaration in force under section 6 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 of the Commonwealth,

However, food does not include a therapeutic good within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth.

To avoid doubt, food may include live animals and plants.