{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1603",
  "legislation_title": "The Contaminants in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "After regulation 5 there shall be inserted the following regulation–\n“Record keeping\n5A (1) A person in possession of any food of any of the descriptions in point I.2.1 of the Annex to the Commission Regulation shall, where that food is at a place other than premises at which it is to be prepared for or offered for sale to the ultimate consumer, keep and maintain such records as are sufficient to show–\n(a) the place of origin of that food; and\n(b) if that food is intended to be delivered to another person for the purpose of sale or preparation for sale, the name and address of the person to whom the food is intended to be delivered.\n(2) Any person who is required by paragraph (1) above to keep such records as are referred to in that paragraph shall, on reasonable demand being made by an authorised officer, produce those records to that officer for inspection.\n(3) A person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale if–\n(a) he fails to comply with paragraph (1) above;\n(b) in purported compliance with paragraph (2) above he furnishes any record containing information which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or\n(c) without reasonable excuse, he fails to comply within a reasonable time with a demand made under paragraph (2) above.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1603/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:40:43.989031+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}