# The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (revoked) S.R. 2007/482 · made 23 November 2007 · revised to 25 January 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-2007-revoked/pdf/nisr_20070482_en.pdf ## Introductory text AGRICULTURE fooD Made 23rd November 2007 Coming into operation 21st December 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: PRELIMINARY ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: MAIN PROVISIONS ## 3 Competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Exchanging and providing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Obtaining information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Power to issue codes of recommended practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Monitoring of enforcement action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Power to request information relating to enforcement action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Power of entry for persons monitoring enforcement action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Meaning of “enforcement authority” and related expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Offences relating to regulations 8 and 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Right of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Staff of competent authority of another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Commission experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Prohibition on disclosure of trade secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Execution and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Powers of entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Obstruction etc. of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Time limit for prosecutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON FEED AND FOOD OF NON-ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ## 21 Interpretation of this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Feed enforcement responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Food enforcement responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Functions of the Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Deferred execution and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Prohibition on introduction of certain feed and food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Checks on products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Detention, destruction, special treatment, re–dispatch and other appropriate measures and costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Notices pursuant to Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation 882/2004 (imports of feed and food from third countries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Right of appeal in respect of notices served under regulation 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Serious risk to animal or public health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Procurement by authorised officers of samples with regard to food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Analysis etc. of samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Powers of entry of authorised officers of a district council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Obstruction etc. of officers (imports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Offences and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Time limit for prosecutions (imports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: RECOVERY OF EXPENSES ## 39 Expenses arising from additional official controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Expenses arising in respect of co-ordinated assistance and follow-up by the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: ENFORCEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS ## 41 Offences due to fault of another person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Defence of due diligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Protection of officers acting in good faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 DEFINITIONS OF COMMUNITY LEGISLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 DEFINITION OF RELEVANT FEED LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 DEFINITION OF RELEVANT FOOD LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 COMPETENT AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 882/2004 IN SO FAR AS THEY APPLY IN RELATION TO RELEVANT FEED LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 COMPETENT AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 882/2004 IN SO FAR AS THEY APPLY IN RELATION TO RELEVANT FOOD LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/482 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-2007-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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