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Regulation 11 Certificates of analysis

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(1)

Any certificate given by an analyst under these Regulations–

(a)

shall be signed by the analyst, and

(b)

shall specify the name of the authorised officer who submitted the sample for analysis and the name and address of the local authority whose officer he is.

(2)

No person shall be convicted of an offence under regulation 3 in any proceedings relating to any meat or meat product unless the evidence in those proceedings relating to that meat or meat product includes an appropriate analysis certificate.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2) above an appropriate analysis certificate is–

(a)

in a case where a reference analysis is required to be made under regulation 8, a reference analysis certificate, and

(b)

in any other case, a primary analysis certificate.