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ANIMAL DISEASES ACT 2005 (NO. 18 OF 2005) - SECT 57

Offences—sale or supply of bulk or bagged compounded feed and meal

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person sells or supplies bulk feed or meal that contains restricted feed material; and

        (b)     the invoice or other document about the sale or supply of the feed or meal does not contain a restricted feed material statement that complies with subsection (5).

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person sells or supplies bulk feed or meal that does not contain restricted feed material; and

        (b)     the invoice or other document about the sale or supply of the feed or meal does not contain a non-restricted feed material statement that complies with subsection (5).

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person sells or supplies a bag of compounded feed or meal that contains restricted feed material; and

        (b)     the bag does not have a statement on the bag, or a feed tag attached to the bag, that contains a restricted feed material statement complying with subsection (5).

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (4)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person sells or supplies in a bag compounded feed or meal that does not contain restricted feed material; and

        (b)     the bag does not have a statement on the bag, or a feed tag attached to the bag, that contains a non-restricted feed material statement that complies with subsection (5).

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (5)     For this section, a statement must be—

        (a)     prominently displayed; and

        (b)     in letters at least 3mm high; and

        (c)     in dark print on a light background.

    (6)     This section does not apply to—

        (a)     material sold or supplied as pet food;

        (b)     food sold or supplied for feeding to non-ruminant laboratory animals.

    (7)     For this section:

"pet food" includes food for aquarium fish and caged birds other than poultry.



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