The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 No. 427

PART 3 OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON FEED AND FOOD OF NON-ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

Procurement by authorised officers of samples with regard to food

35.  Authorised officers of a district council may, for the purposes of the execution and enforcement by that district council of the Import Provisions —

(a) purchase a sample of any food, or any substance capable of being used in the preparation of food;

(b) take a sample of any food, or any such substance, which —

(i) appears to them to be intended for placing on the market or to have been placed on the market, for human consumption, or

(ii) is found by them on or in any premises which they are authorised to enter by or under regulation 37;

(c) take a sample from any food source, or a sample of any contact material, which is found by them on or in any such premises; and

(d) take a sample of any article or substance which is found by them on or in any such premises and which they have reason to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings under any of the provisions of the Import Provisions.