Regulation 10 Power to affix a labelling defect labelI1
England and Wales
Where an authorised officer who has entered premises under regulation 6 finds bananas or containers of bananas which—
do not have a label required by the marketing standards affixed to them;
are not accompanied by a notice or document required by the marketing standards;
have a label required by the marketing standards affixed to them, but the label appears to the authorised officer to be incorrect (other than in relation to a particular class under the marketing standards), or to have been altered or defaced; or
are accompanied by a notice or document required by the marketing standards but which appears to the authorised officer to be incorrect (other than in relation to a particular class under the marketing standards), or to have been altered or defaced with the result that it is incorrect,
the authorised officer may, as appropriate, amend or cancel the label, notice or document and may affix to those bananas, or, as the case may be, to the notice, document or containers, a label indicating that fact (a “labelling defect label”).
The labelling defect label must show the words “LABELLING DEFECT”.