Food enforcement responsibilities and competent authority status
24.—(1) It is the responsibility of each food authority to execute and enforce the Import Provisions in its area in relation to food.
(2) The food authority is designated as the competent authority for the purposes of the provisions of Regulation 669/2009 apart from Article 19 in so far as those provisions apply in relation to relevant food law.
(3) A food authority’s designation as a competent authority pursuant to paragraph (2) extends to its area only.
(4) The Agency is designated as the competent authority for the purposes of Article 19 of Regulation 669/2009 in so far as it applies to relevant food law.