# The Preservatives in Food Regulations 1989, Regulation 9: Condemnation of food


Where any food is certified by a public analyst as being food which it is an offence against regulation 4 to sell or import into England and Wales, that food may be treated for the purposes of section 9 of the Act (under which food may be seized and destroyed on the order of a justice of the peace) as being unfit for human consumption.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/533/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-regulations-1989/regulation-9
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