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Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Offences - Offences

222: Offence involving knowingly or recklessly endangering or harming

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"Hurting people's health on purpose or by being careless with food can get you in big trouble"

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If you break a rule in the Food Act 2014 and you know it might hurt people's health, you can get in trouble. You can also get in trouble if you are not careful and your actions might hurt people's health. This can happen if your actions affect many people or just one person.

If you do something wrong on purpose or without caring, and it hurts people, you might have to pay a fine or go to jail. A company that does something wrong can get a big fine, up to $500,000. An individual who does something wrong can get a fine of up to $100,000 and might also go to jail for up to 5 years.

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Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Offences: Offences

222Offence involving knowingly or recklessly endangering or harming

  1. A person commits an offence if the person breaches or fails to comply with an applicable requirement of this Act and—

  2. the person knows that the breach or failure endangers or harms or is likely to endanger or harm the lives or health of members of the public or the life or health of an individual; or
    1. the person is reckless as to whether the breach or failure endangers or harms or is likely to endanger or harm the lives or health of members of the public or the life or health of an individual.

      1. A person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction,—

      2. for a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $500,000:
        1. for an individual, to—
          1. imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years; and
            1. a fine not exceeding $100,000.