# The Novel Foods (England) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 5: Stop notices

Extent: E+W

(1) The food authority may serve a stop notice on any person in accordance with this Part in relation to an offence under these Regulations.
(2) A “stop notice” is a notice prohibiting a person from carrying on an activity specified in the notice until the person has taken the steps specified in the notice.
(3) A stop notice may only be served in a case where—
(a) the person is carrying on the activity; and
(b) the food authority reasonably believes that the activity as carried on by that person involves or is likely to involve the commission of an offence under these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/154/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-england-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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