Potentially contaminated food must not be disposed of
271C Potentially contaminated food must not be disposed of
This section applies if—
the responsible person for a food business reasonably suspects food sold, or intended for sale, in the course of carrying on the food business has been intentionally contaminated (the potentially contaminated food); and
when the responsible person first forms the reasonable suspicion, not all of the potentially contaminated food has been sold or otherwise disposed of.
The responsible person must, unless the person has a reasonable excuse, ensure all of the potentially contaminated food not already sold or otherwise disposed of when the person first forms the reasonable suspicion is not disposed of.Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
Note—
This provision is an executive liability provision—see section 260.
The requirement under subsection (2) stops applying if the responsible person is given a direction under section 271D(2) about disposal of the potentially contaminated food.
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