67Proprietor to be informed

67 Proprietor to be informed

67 Proprietor to be informed

Whenever an authorised officer obtains a sample of food for the purposes of analysis, an authorised officer must, either before or as soon as practicable after obtaining the sample, inform—

(a) the proprietor of the food business from which the sample is to be taken or was taken, or

(b) if the proprietor is not present or readily available, the person from whom the sample was obtained or who was in charge of the food from which the sample was taken,

of the authorised officer’s intention to have the sample analysed.