{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-28.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/427",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Checks on products",
  "text": "(1) The person responsible for introducing any product into Northern Ireland shall permit an authorised officer of an enforcement authority to carry out checks in relation to the product pursuant to Articles 34(5) and (6), 44(2) , 45(1), (2) and (4) of Regulation 2017/625 and regulation 45(1).\n(2) When an authorised officer is carrying out checks in relation to a product pursuant to Articles 34(5) and (6), 44(2) , 45(1), (2) and (4) of Regulation 2017/625 and regulation 45(1), the person introducing the product shall provide the facilities and assistance which the authorised officer reasonably requires to carry them out.\n(3) When an authorised officer of an enforcement authority is carrying out an identity check or a physical check on a product in accordance with Articles 34(5) and (6), 44(2) , 45(1), (2) and (4) of Regulation 2017/625 and regulation 45(1) the authorised officer shall be entitled to require that the check takes place at a specified place.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 28 substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/218), regs. 1, 23"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 28 substituted (25.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/291), regs. 1, 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 28 in operation at 25.1.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/427/regulation/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:29:16.841003+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}