65Prohibited residue orders

65 Prohibited residue orders

65 Prohibited residue orders

(1) The Minister may—

(a) make an order under this section in respect of the whole or part of any agricultural produce that is specified or described in a notice that has been served under section 64, and

(b) cause the order to be served as provided by subsection (4) (a).

(2) An order made and served under this section in relation to any agricultural produce—

(a) must—

(i) describe the name of the produce, and

(ii) describe where the produce was situated at the time of service of the notice under section 64 in respect of which the order is made, and

(iii) specify or describe the quantity of the produce, and

(iv) specify the date on which the order is made, and

(v) specify the expiry date of the order, being a date occurring not more than 6 months after the date on which the order is made, and

(b) may contain provisions requiring any person on whom it is to be served and who has possession or control of the produce—

(i) not to part with possession or control of the produce, or

(ii) to retain the produce in or on the premises specified in the order and that are under the control of that person, or

(iii) to deal with the produce or to do anything in relation to the produce in accordance with the directions set out in the order, being directions that are reasonably necessary for the preservation of the health of the public or of any person, or

(iv) subject to subsection (3), within a time specified in the order, to destroy the produce in a manner described in the order or in accordance with the directions of an authorised officer, or

(v) to report on and monitor prohibited residue in the produce in accordance with procedures specified in the regulations, or

(vi) to arrange for analysis to be undertaken, at the person’s own cost, by an appropriately qualified laboratory of prohibited residue in the produce and to report the findings to the Authority.