# The Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food Regulations 1966, Regulation 5: Condemnation of food containing mineral hydrocarbon


Where any food is certified by a public analyst as being food in the composition or preparation of which any mineral hydrocarbon has been used which it is an offence against the foregoing provisions of these regulations to use, permit to be used, sell, consign or deliver, or import into England and Wales, that food may be treated for the purposes of section 9 of the Act (under which food may be seized and destroyed on the order of a justice of the peace) as being unfit for human consumption.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1966/1073/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mineral-hydrocarbons-in-food-regulations-1966/regulation-5
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