Regulation 3 Certificate of public analyst

Where any food is certified by a public analyst as having had tryptophan added to it the food may be treated for the purposes of section 9 of the Food Act 1984 (under which food may be seized) as being unfit for human consumption.

In its application for the purposes of these Regulations, section 9(3) of the Food Act 1984 shall have effect as if after the words “he shall” there were inserted the words “if he is satisfied that it is intended for sale in contravention of regulation 2(2) of the Tryptophan in Food Regulations 1990”.