Section 22

evidence that the package containing any food to which this Act applies bore the name, address or registered mark of an importer, manufacturer or packer, or of the owner of the rights of the manufacturer or packer, or of an agent of any of them, shall be prima facie evidence that the food was imported, manufactured or packed, as the case may be, by each of the persons whose name, address or registered mark is borne on the package;

any substance commonly used for human consumption, which is sold or offered, exposed or kept for sale, shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been sold or, as the case may be, to be intended for sale for human consumption;

any substance commonly used for human consumption which is found on premises used for the preparation, storage or sale of that substance and any substance commonly used in the manufacture of products for human consumption which is found on premises used for the preparation, storage or sale of those products, shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be intended for sale, or for manufacturing products for sale, for human consumption; and

any substance capable of being used in the composition or preparation of any substance commonly used for human consumption which is found on premises on which that substance is prepared shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be intended for such use.

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No defence that offence not wilfully committed