Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Defence in relation to exports

5.  In any proceedings for an offence under regulation 3 it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove—

(a)that the food specified in Annex 1 to the Commission Regulation in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export to a country which has legislation analogous to these Regulations and that it complies with that legislation; and

(b)in the case of intended export to an EEA State which is not a member State, that the legislation complies with the Commission Regulation where there is a decision by the EEA Joint Committee under Article 98 of the EEA Agreement to amend it to refer to the Commission Regulation.