Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act

3. Prohibition against sale of unwholesome, poisonous or adulterated food

Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force

Any person who sells any food that—

(a)has in or upon it any poisonous or harmful substance; or

(b)is unwholesome or unfit for human consumption; or

(c)consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, disgusting, rotten, decomposed or diseased substance or foreign matter; or

(d)is adulterated, shall be guilty of an offence.