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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-england-regulations-2013/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2196",
  "legislation_title": "The Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-england-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Enforcement and competent authorities",
  "text": "(1) It is the duty of each food authority within its area or district to execute and enforce these Regulations, Regulation 1881/2006 and Regulation 124/2009.\n(2) The competent authority for the purposes of —\n(a) Article 2(2) of Regulation 1881/2006 (justification by food business operators of concentration or dilution factors); and\n(b) Article 1(1) of Regulation 124/2009 (relating to the duty to investigate the reasons for the contamination),\nis the authority having the duty to execute and enforce under paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2196/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:42:50.297661+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."
}