Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2008 - SECT 9

9 .         Meaning of “food”

        (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 the Commonwealth Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 section 6,

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

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