Section 162 — Supplying hazardous food contact article

(1)A person commits an offence if —

(a)the person supplies an object in the course of a business;

(b)the object is a hazardous food contact article; and

(c)the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the object is a hazardous food contact article.

(2)A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —

(a)where the person is an individual —

(i)to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or

(ii)where the individual is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 24 months or to both; or

(b)where the person is not an individual —

(i)to a fine not exceeding $50,000; or

(ii)where the person is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $100,000.

(3)In subsection (2), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence under subsection (1), means a person who —

(a)is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and

(b)has been convicted or found guilty, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of an offence under subsection (1).