Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2004 - SECT 7

    (1)     In this Act:

"food" includes:

        (a)     any substance or thing of a kind used, or represented as being for use, for human consumption (whether it is live, raw, prepared or partly prepared);

        (b)     any substance or thing of a kind used, or represented as being for use, as an ingredient or additive in a substance or thing referred to in paragraph (a);

        (c)     any substance used in preparing a substance or thing referred to in paragraph (a) (other than a substance used in preparing a living thing) if it comes into direct contact with the substance or thing referred to in that paragraph, such as a processing aid;

        (d)     chewing gum or an ingredient or additive in chewing gum, or any substance used in preparing chewing gum; and

        (e)     any substance or thing declared to be a food under a declaration in force under section 3B of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 of the Commonwealth;

whether or not the substance, thing or chewing gum is in a condition fit for human consumption.

    (2)     However, "food" does not include a therapeutic good within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth.

    (3)     To avoid doubt, food may include live animals or plants.