The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) and the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006

“24A.

(1)

For the purpose of carrying out investigations, in accordance with Article 4.2 of Directive 2002/32, to determine the source of those undesirable substances listed in Annex II to that Directive where action thresholds specified in that Annex have been reached, an authorised officer may, at all reasonable times and on producing if requested some duly authenticated document showing that officer’s authority, enter any premises (not being premises used only as a dwelling) on which that officer has reasonable cause to believe that feed has been or is being manufactured or produced, has been placed on the market or is being kept for the purpose of being placed on the market, incorporated into another product or used.

(2)

An authorised officer entering any premises by virtue of this regulation may–

(a)

take such other persons and such equipment as may appear to be necessary;

(b)

inspect anything that officer would have had the right to inspect under regulation 24(5); and

(c)

take on those premises a sample of any material appearing to be a feed manufactured, produced, placed on the market or intended to be placed on the market or to be material used or intended for use as feed.

(3)

Where for the purpose of taking a sample pursuant to paragraph (2)(c) an authorised officer takes material from one or more containers, each of which weighs no more than six kilograms and which are exposed for sale by retail, the owner of the container or containers may require the authorised officer to purchase the container or containers on behalf of the authority for which that officer acts.

(4)

An authorised officer entering any premises by virtue of this regulation has the same rights to production, inspection and copying of records, including records kept on or produced by a computer, as are specified in regulation 24(9)(a) and (b) and (10)(c).

(5)

Regulation 24(14) applies to the power of entry under this regulation as it does to such powers under that regulation.

(6)

Directive 2002/32 means Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed6, as amended by Commission Directive 2003/57/EC7, Commission Directive 2003/100/EC8, Commission Directive 2005/8/EC9, Commission Directive 2005/86/EC10, Commission Directive 2005/87/EC11 and Commission Directive 2006/13/EC12.”.