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12. Offences against public health and safety
 
  Article 94-Offences involving unsanitary storage, handling and preparation of food  
94.1 Unsanitary storage, handling and/or preparation of food  
  The unsanitary storage, handling and/or preparation of food is the when a man or woman or company engages in the food related activities in conditions that fail to meet basic standards of hygiene, safety and regulation resulting in the food itself being at risk of contamination and/or serious health danger to anyone that consumes it.  
 
 Primary Fact(s)
 1. That laws and regulations exist regarding the safe storage, handling and/or preparation of food; and
 2. That at a time and place, the accused was found to have breached such standards; and
 3. That the accused had previously been warned/fined regarding the breach of such standards; and
 4. That the actions of the accused were done with the knowledge that their actions were unlawful.
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level 1-Crime)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) preparation and serving in unsanitary conditions of under 100 Kg of food/beverages;
4-6
 a) preparation and serving in unsanitary conditions of over 100 Kg and under 1,000 Kg of food/beverages;
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level 2-Crime)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) preparation and serving in unsanitary conditions of over 1,000 Kg and under 100,000 Kg of food/beverages;
4-6
 a) preparation and serving in unsanitary conditions of over 100,000 Kg of food/beverages;
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level 3-Crime)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) owner/officer of a company in the unlawful unsanitary storage/transport of under 100 Kg of food/beverages;
4-6
 a) owner/officer of a company in the unlawful unsanitary storage/transport of over 100 Kg and under 1,000 Kg of food/beverages;
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level 4-Crime)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) owner/officer of a company in the unlawful unsanitary storage/transport of over 1,000 Kg and under 100,000 Kg of food/beverages;
4-6
 a) owner/officer of a company in the unlawful unsanitary storage/transport of over 100,000 Kg of food/beverages;
 
     
     
 
 

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