[15B Contravention of food information law: seizure of food etc]
Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c 16) | Legislation

[15B  Contravention of food information law: seizure of food etc]

[(1)     This section applies where it appears to an authorised officer of a food authority, on an inspection carried out under section 9 above or otherwise, that food information law is being, or has been, contravened in relation to any food intended for human consumption which is placed on the market within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

(2)     The authorised officer may—

(a)     give notice that, until the notice is withdrawn—

(i)     the food, or any specified portion of it, is not to be used for human consumption; and

(ii)     the food, or any specified portion of it, and any related food information, or any specified part of it, is not to be removed (or is not to be removed except to some place specified in the notice); or

(b)     seize the food and remove it in order to have it dealt with by the sheriff.

(3)     Notice under subsection (2)(a) above is to be given to—

(a)     the person in charge of the food; and

(b)     the owner of the food (where not the person in charge of the food).

(4)     But notice

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