Regulation 37 Procurement by authorised officers of samples with regard to food

England and Wales

An authorised officer of a food authority may, for the purposes of the execution and enforcement by that authority of the Import Provisions —

(a)

purchase a sample of any food, or any substance capable of being used in the preparation of food;

(b)

take a sample of any food, or any such substance, which —

(i)

appears to him to be intended for placing on the market or to have been placed on the market, for human consumption, or

(ii)

is found by him on or in any premises which he is authorised to enter by or under regulation 39;

(c)

take a sample from any food source, or a sample of any contact material, which is found by him on or in any such premises; and

(d)

take a sample of any article or substance which is found by him on or in any such premises and which he has reason to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings under any of the provisions of the Import Provisions.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51).
F2: S.I. 2003/2901.
F3: S.I. 1972/1811.
F4: S.I. 1999/2027.
F5: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).