Cap. 449 Art. 28Authorised officers.

(1) Every person appointed to carry out the function of authorised officer in accordance with this Act, shall declare and confirm that he is not, directly or indirectly engaged in any food business.

(2) An authorised officer may inspect any food intended for human consumption, or which he may reasonably believe to be so intended, which -

(a) has been sold or is offered or exposed for sale; or

(b) is, or has been in the possession of, or has been deposited with or consigned to, any person for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale; or

(c) is in the course of delivery before or after sale for human consumption, including where this is present in any vehicle, and the provisions of article 31 shall apply where, on such inspection, it appears to the authorised officer that any food fails to comply with food safety requirements.

(3) An authorised officer may -

(a) examine any article to which this Act or any regulations made thereunder apply and take, on payment of the current market value, if so required, samples for analysis or for bacteriological or other examination; and

(b) seize and remove any such article in relation to which reasonable ground for suspicion exists that any provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder are being or have been contravened.

(4) In subarticle (3), the expression "any article" includes -

(a) any food, or any substance capable of being used in the composition or preparation of any food;

(b) any thing used or capable of being used for the manufacture, preparation, preservation, packing or storage thereof, including contact material; and

(c) any labelling or advertising material:

Provided that the taking of any article under subarticle (3)(a) shall, for the purpose of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder, be deemed to be a sale of that article.