Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00524:section:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00524
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5
Character Range: 19334–20327

5  Meaning of food
 (1) Food includes:
 (a) any substance or thing of a kind used, capable of being used, or represented as being for use, for human consumption (whether it is live, raw, prepared or partly prepared); and
 (b) any substance or thing of a kind used, capable of being used, or represented as being for use, as an ingredient or additive in a substance or thing referred to in paragraph (a); and
 (c) any substance used in preparing a substance or thing referred to in paragraph (a); and
 (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 6.
(It does not matter whether 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.
 (3) To avoid doubt, food may include live animals and plants.