Regulation 8 Analysis
An authorised officer who procures a sample of poultry carcases shall, unless—
the poultry carcases originate from a slaughterhouse outside the United Kingdom, or
he decides not to have an analysis made,
within 7 days of procuring the sample serve on the occupier of the slaughterhouse from which the poultry carcases originate a notice stating that the sample has been procured by the officer and specifying where the sample was taken, or, as the case may be, from whom it was purchased.
If the authorised officer has an analysis made, he shall, within 7 days of receipt by him of the public analyst's certificate specifying the result of the analysis, serve a copy of the certificate on the occupier of the slaughterhouse from which the poultry carcases originate, unless the slaughterhouse is outside the United Kingdom, and on the person from whom the sample was taken or purchased, if it was not taken or purchased from that slaughterhouse.
If an enforcement authority intends to bring proceedings for an offence under these regulations in respect of a contravention of article 1(1) of the Council regulation against any person who has not already been served with a copy of the public analyst's certificate specifying the result of the analysis under paragraph (2) of this regulation, the authority shall, not less than 14 days before the institution of proceedings, cause to be served on the person to be charged a copy of that certificate.
Section 93 of, and Part I of Schedule 7 to, the Food and Drugs Act 1955 (which contain provisions as to samples taken for analysis) shall not apply to a sample of poultry carcases procured for the purpose of enforcing the Community provisions or the provisions of these regulations.