「食品法 (1983)」的立法目的在於保護公眾免於食品在備製、銷售、以及使用時所可遭遇的危害，以及當發生此類事件時的處理原則。此法案共分為5個篇章、36條主條文。
主要的法規內容包括：
第一篇 前言與術語PART I PRELIMINARY
1.Short title, application and commencement
2.Interpretation
第二篇 管理與執法 PART II ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
3.Appointment of analysts and authorized officers
3A.Approved laboratories
4.Powers of authorized officers
5.Power to take sample
6.Procedure for taking sample
7.Certificate of analyst
8.Power to call for information
9.Power of the Director General to obtain particulars of certain food ingredients
10.Director may order food premises or appliances to be put into hygienic and sanitary condition
11.Closure of insanitary premises
12.Conviction published in newspapers
第三篇罪刑與證據PART III OFFENCES AND EVIDENCE
12A.Meaning of "owner of the rights of the manufacturer or packer"
13.Food containing substances injurious to health
13A.Food unfit for human consumption
13B.Adulterated food
13C.Removal of food from food premises
14.Prohibition against the sale of food not of the nature, substance or quality demanded
15.Labelling, etc., not complying with standard of food
16.False labelling, etc.
17.Advertisement
18.Power of court to order licence to be cancelled and food to be disposed of
19.Prosecutions
20.Certificate of analyst to be prima facie evidence
21.Court may order independent analysis
22.Presumption of sale, etc.
23.No defence that offence not wilfully committed
23A.Advance notice of expert evidence in court
24.Sales, etc., by agent or servant
25.Presumption for human consumption
26.Non-disclosure of information
27.Manufacturing process and trade secret
28.Liability of importer, manufacturer, packer, etc.
第四篇 輸入，擔保與抗辯PART IV IMPORTATION, WARRANTY AND DEFENCES
29.Importation
30.Warranty
31.Reliance on written warranty a good defence
32.Penalty for false warranty
第五篇 附則PART V MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
32A.Prosecution
32B.Power to order appearance in court
33.Power to compound
33A.Offence by body corporate
33B.Protection against legal proceedings
33C.Indemnity
34.Power to make regulations
35.Repeal and savings
36.Application to tobacco, etc.
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