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Food Act 2001

The Food Act 2001 (SA) is the principal food safety statute for South Australia. It establishes offences relating to unsafe and unsuitable food, imposes compliance obligations on food businesses (handling, sale, labellin...
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Version as at 14 Dec 2017 Compiled version

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Improvement Notices and Prohibition Orders

Oct 2026
A person must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene an improvement notice or prohibition order served on them under section 50.
Medium
1 citation

Offences: Handling and Sale of Unsafe or Unsuitable Food

Oct 2026
The Act makes it an offence to handle food intended for sale in a way that will or is likely to render it unsafe, and to sell unsafe food.
High
1 citation

Unsuitable food, misleading conduct and false descriptions

Oct 2026
A person must not handle food for sale so it becomes unsuitable, sell unsuitable food, or engage in misleading conduct about food in a food...
Medium
1 citation

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