# The Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, Article 13: Power to examine food in course of transit


(1) If an authorised officer of a district council has reason to suspect that any vehicle or container contains any food—
(a) which is intended for sale for human consumption, or
(b) which is in the course of delivery after sale for human consumption,
he may examine the contents of the vehicle or of the container.
(2) For the purpose of any examination under paragraph (1) the officer may, if necessary, detain the vehicle or the container.
(3) If the officer finds any food which appears to him to be intended for, but unfit for, human consumption, he may deal with it as food falling under Article 11(1) and paragraphs (2) to (5) of that Article shall apply accordingly.
(4) Where the duties of an officer of customs and excise with respect to any goods have not been wholly discharged, nothing in this Article shall authorise the examination of those goods without his consent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/846/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-13
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