Cap. 449 Art. 33Improvement notice.

(1) If an authorised officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person responsible for a food business or food premises is failing to comply with any regulations to which this article applies, he may, by a written notice, hereinafter in this Act referred to as an ''improvement notice'', served on that person -

(a) state the officer’s grounds for believing that the person is failing to comply with the regulations;

(b) specify the matters which constitute the person’s failure to comply;

(c) specify the measures which, in the officer’s opinion, the person must take in order to secure compliance; and

(d) require the person to take those measures, or measures which are at least similar to them, within such period as may be specified in the improvement notice.

(2) Any person who fails to comply with an improvement notice shall be guilty of an offence against this article.

(3) The provisions of this article shall apply to any regulations which may be made under this Act for the purpose of -

(a) requiring, prohibiting or regulating the use of any process or treatment in the preparation of food; or

(b) securing the observance of hygiene conditions and practices in connection with the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to food or food sources; or

(c) providing for the protection of the consumer, the quality of food or the provision of public information about food, food products or the use to which such food or food products may be put.