Cap. 449 Art. 13Monitoring the safety of food. Food whichfails comply with safety requirements.

(1) Any person engaged in any food business shall monitor the safety of all food within his control, and when he knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect that any food, food source or contact material may cause injury to health he shall immediately, or as soon as practicable, inform the Food Safety and Security Authority and take any other action as the Minister may by regulation prescribe.

(2) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subarticle (1) shall be guilty of an offence against this article. to 14. (1) Any person who -

(a) sells, offers, exposes or advertises for sale or has in his possession for sale or for preparation for sale for human consumption;

(b) deposits with, or consigns to, any other person for the purpose of sale or preparation for sale for human consumption;

(c) supplies by way of compensation or otherwise or conveys from one place to another for human consumption;

(d) offers as a prize or reward, or gives away to be so offered, any food which fails to comply with food safety requirements, shall be guilty of an offence against this article.

(2) For the purposes of this article, food shall be considered as having failed to comply with food safety requirements in the cases where -

(a) it has been rendered injurious to health by any means whatsoever; or

(b) it is unfit for human consumption; or

(c) it is so contaminated, whether by extraneous matter or otherwise, that it would not be reasonable to expect it to be used for human consumption in that state; or

(d) it has been prepared, stored, kept, processed, deposited, transported, offered or exposed for sale, or otherwise dealt with under insanitary or unhygienic conditions; or

(e) it contains additives or such quantities or combinations of additives which have been prohibited by regulations made under this Act, and references to such requirements or to food complying with such requirements shall be construed accordingly.

(3) Where any food fails to comply with food safety requirements is part of a batch, lot or consignment of food of the same class, type or description, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that all of the food in that batch, lot or consignment fails to comply with those requirements.