False description of food
15 False description of food
A person must not cause food intended for sale to be falsely described if the person knows that a consumer of the food who relies on the description will, or is likely to, suffer physical harm. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
If the offender is a body corporate—$500 000.
If the offender is a natural person—$100 000 or imprisonment for four years.
A person must not cause food intended for sale to be falsely described if the person ought reasonably to know that a consumer of the food who relies on the description is likely to suffer physical harm. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
If the offender is a body corporate—$375 000.
If the offender is a natural person—$75 000.
A person must not sell food that the person knows—
is falsely described; and
will cause, or is likely to cause, physical harm to a consumer of the food who relies on the description. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
If the offender is a body corporate—$500 000.
If the offender is a natural person—$100 000 or imprisonment for four years.
A person must not sell food that the person ought reasonably to know—
is falsely described; and
is likely to cause physical harm to a consumer of the food who relies on the description. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
If the offender is a body corporate—$375 000.
If the offender is a natural person—$75 000.
NoteExamples of food that is falsely described are contained in section 22.
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