Article 13 Food
Subject to any directions of the Secretary of State, no detained person shall be allowed, except as authorised by the medical practitioner to have any food other than that ordinarily provided.
No detained person shall be given less food than is ordinarily provided, except with his written consent and upon the written recommendation of the medical practitioner.
The food provided shall:
be wholesome, nutritious, well prepared and served, reasonably varied, sufficient in quantity and
meet all religious, dietary, cultural and medical needs.
The contract monitor at a contracted-out detention centre, or the manager at a directly managed detention centre, shall regularly inspect the food both before and after it is cooked and, in the case of the contract monitor, shall report any deficiency or defect to the manager.
In this rule “food” includes drink.