Cap. 437 чл. 38Obligations relating to animal feeding stuffs and veterinary medicinal products.

(1) The owner, the keeper, the dealer or the importer, the consignee, the carrier, the retailer or any other person authorised under the provisions of this Act to keep, manufacture, import, prescribe, wholesale distribute, broker, market, trade, dispense, advertise, provide data on sales and use of veterinary medicinal products, or to supply, retail or dispose of live animals, products of animal origin, products listed in the First Schedule, animal feeding stuffs veterinary medicinal products, active substances or veterinary medical devices, or the representative of such persons, or any person in charge of a private veterinary activity subject to the provisions of this Act -

(a) shall obtain all relevant authorisation from the veterinary services prior to the placing on the market of animal feeding stuffs and veterinary medicinal products;

(b) shall provide, at the demand of the veterinary services, any studies, results or information relating to the animal feeding stuffs or veterinary medicinal products, active substances or veterinary medical devices;

(c) shall comply with any order for the suspension, revocation or withdrawal of any authorisation or approval previously given by the veterinary services;

(d) shall comply with any order restricting or prohibiting trade in feeding stuffs or veterinary medicinal products, or ordering comply with any order relating to the destruction of feeding stuffs or veterinary medicinal products, active substances or veterinary medical devices which present a serious threat to animal or public health or to the environment;

(e) shall pay the relevant fees for the inspections and controls referred to in this article or in any regulations as may be prescribed thereunder;

(f) shall generally assist allow entry into their premises at any reasonable time, and co-operate with the veterinary services in any activities, ordered by the veterinary services, related to trading of animal and animal products, and investigations carried out at border inspection posts.

(g) shall take samples from animals, products of animal origin, products listed in the First Schedule, foodstuffs, veterinary medicinal products, active substances or veterinary medical devices, as may be demanded by the veterinary services for control purposes. The cost of these samples may be reimbursed by the Director at his discretion; and

(h) shall forfeit to the veterinary services any instruments, animals, products of animal origin, active substances, veterinary medical devices, veterinary medicinal products, feedingstuffs, appliances and other products or substances which are suspected to have been used in the commission of an offence against this article.

(2) The Minister may make rules providing that any person who acts in contravention thereof shall be guilty of an offence against this article and shall, on conviction, be liable to such penalty as may be prescribed by the Minister, being a penalty of not more than imprisonment for six months or of a fine (multa) of not more than twenty-three thousand and two hundred and ninety-three euro and seventy-three cents (23,293.73), or of both such fine and imprisonment.