adding any article or substance to the food;

using any article or substance as an ingredient in the preparation of the food;

abstracting any constituent from the food; and

subjecting the food to any other process or treatment,

has been sold or is offered or exposed for sale;F6. . .

is in the possession of, or has been deposited with or consigned to, any person for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale;F6 or

is otherwise placed on the market for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002.

seize the food and remove it in order to have it dealt with by a justice of the peace;

if he is so satisfied, shall forthwith withdraw the notice;

if he is not so satisfied, shall seize the food and remove it in order to have it dealt with by a justice of the peace.

any person who under Article 6F6 or regulation F284(b) of the General Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 might be liable to a prosecution in respect of the food shall, if he attends before the justice of the peace by whom the food falls to be dealt with, be entitled to be heard and to call witnesses;F7. . .

the food to be destroyed or to be so disposed of as to prevent it from being used for human consumption; and

any expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the destruction or disposal to be defrayed by the owner of the food.

any reference to an authorised officer includes a reference to F10 the Director of Public Health for Northern Ireland ;

in paragraph (7) the reference to the district council or, as the case may be,F8 the Food Standards Agency or the Department of Agriculture includes, in relation to F10 the Director of Public Health for Northern Ireland, the Health and Social Services Board;

“Health and Social Services Board” means a Health and Social Services Board established under Article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972F11.

state the officer's grounds for believing that the proprietor is failing to comply with the regulations;

specify the matters which constitute the proprietor's failure so to comply;

specify the measures which, in the officer's opinion, the proprietor must take in order to secure compliance; and

require the proprietor to take those measures, or measures which are at least equivalent to them, within such period (not being less than 14 days) as may be specified in the notice.

for requiring, prohibiting or regulating the use of any process or treatment in the preparation of food; or

for securing the observance of hygienic conditions and practices in connection with the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to food or food sources.

the proprietor of a food business is convicted of an offence under any regulations to which this Article applies; and

the court by or before which he is so convicted is satisfied that the health risk condition is fulfilled with respect to that business,

the use for the purposes of the business of any process or treatment;

the construction of any premises used for the purposes of the business, or the use for those purposes of any equipment; and

the state or condition of any premises or equipment used for the purposes of the business.

in a case falling within paragraph (2)(a), a prohibition on the use of the process or treatment for the purposes of the business;

in a case falling within paragraph (2)(b), a prohibition on the use of the premises or equipment for the purposes of the business or any other food business of the same class or description;60

in a case falling within paragraph (2)(c), a prohibition on the use of the premises or equipment for the purposes of any food business.

the proprietor of a food business is convicted of an offence under any regulations to which this Article applies by virtue of Article 9(3)(b); and

the court by or before which he is so convicted thinks it proper to do so in all the circumstances of the case,

serve a copy of the order on the proprietor of the business; and

in the case of an order under paragraph (1), affix a copy of the order in a conspicuous position on such premises used for the purposes of the business as it considers appropriate;

in the case of an order under paragraph (1), on the issue by the district council or, as the case may be,F13 the Food Standards Agency or the Department of Agriculture of a certificate to the effect that it is satisfied that the proprietor has taken sufficient measures to secure that the health risk condition is no longer fulfilled with respect to the business;

in the case of an order under paragraph (4), on the giving by the court of a direction to that effect.

determine, as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event before the expiration of 14 days from the making of the application, whether or not it is so satisfied; and

if it determines that it is not so satisfied, give notice to the proprietor of the reasons for that determination.

before the expiration of 6 months from the making of the prohibition order; or

before the expiration of 3 months from the making by the proprietor of a previous application for such a direction.

serve a copy of the order on the proprietor of the business; and

affix a copy of the order in a conspicuous position on such premises used for the purposes of that business as it considers appropriate;

if no application for an emergency prohibition order is made before the expiration of the period of 3 days from the service of the notice, at the end of that period;

if such an application is so made, on the determination or abandonment of the application.

determine, as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event before the expiration of 14 days from the making of the application, whether or not it is so satisfied; and

if it determines that it is not so satisfied, give notice to the proprietor of the reasons for that determination.

an application for an emergency prohibition order is made before the expiration of 3 days from the service of the notice; and

the court declares itself satisfied, on the hearing of the application, that the health risk condition was fulfilled with respect to the business at the time when the notice was served;

that consent had been given under paragraph (3) to the contravention of the emergency control order; and

that any condition subject to which that consent was given was complied with.

may give such directions as appear toF16 the authority giving the directions to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to any food, food sources or contact materials whichF16 the authority giving the directions believes, on reasonable grounds, to be food, food sources or contact materials to which an emergency control order applies; and

may do anything which appears toF16 the authority giving the directions to be necessary or expedient for that purpose.

falsely describes the food; or

is likely to mislead as to the nature or substance or quality of the food,

falsely describes any food; or

is likely to mislead as to the nature or substance or quality of any food,

provision for requiring, prohibiting or regulating the presence in food or food sources of any specified substance, or any substance of any specified class, and generally for regulating the composition of food;

provision for securing that food is fit for human consumption and meets such microbiological standards (whether going to the fitness of the food or otherwise) as may be specified by or under the regulations;

provision for requiring, prohibiting or regulating the use of any process or treatment in the preparation of food;

provision for securing the observance of hygienic conditions and practices in connection with the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to food or food sources;

provision for imposing requirements or prohibitions as to, or otherwise regulating, the labelling, marking, presenting or advertising of food, and the descriptions which may be applied to food; and

for securing the observance of hygienic conditions and practices in connection with the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to contact materials which are intended to come into contact with food intended for human consumption;

for imposing requirements or prohibitions as to, or otherwise regulating, the labelling, marking or advertising of such materials, and the descriptions which may be applied to them; and

otherwise for prohibiting or regulating the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to such materials.

references to food shall be construed as references to food intended for sale for human consumption; and

references to food sources shall be construed as references to food sources from which such food is intended to be derived.

make such provision asF18 the Department considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of securing that the Community provision is administered, executed and enforced under this Order; and

apply such of the provisions of this Order as may be specified in the regulations in relation to the Community provision with such modifications, if any, as may be so specified.

for prohibiting the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to novel foods or food sources from which such foods are intended to be derived of any class specified in the regulations;F19. . .

for prohibiting the carrying out of such operations with respect to genetically modified food sources, or foods derived from such food sources, of any class so specified;F19 or

for prohibiting the importation of any food of a class so specified,

prescribe, in relation to milk of any description which complies with such requirements as may be prescribed, such designation asF20 the Department considers appropriate;

has been modified by means of an artificial technique; or

is inherited or otherwise derived through any number of replications, from genetic material which was so modified;

for the registration by district councilsF21 or, as the case may be,F22 the Food Standards Agency or the Department of Agriculture of premises used or proposed to be used for the purposes of a food business, and for prohibiting the use for those purposes of any premises which are not registered in accordance with the regulations; or

subject to paragraph (2), for the issue by district councils or, as the case may be, the Department of Agriculture of licences in respect of the use of premises for the purposes of a food business, and for prohibiting the use for those purposes of any premises except in accordance with a licence issued under the regulations.

for the purpose of securing that food complies with food safety requirements or in the interests of the public health; or

for the purpose of protecting or promoting the interests of consumers.

prepared the food in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed; nor

imported it into Northern Ireland,

that the commission of the offence was due to an act or default of another person who was not under his control, or to reliance on information supplied by such a person;

that he carried out all such checks of the food in question as were reasonable in all the circumstances, or that it was reasonable in all the circumstances for him to rely on checks carried out by the person who supplied the food to him; and

that he did not know and had no reason to suspect at the time of the commission of the alleged offence that his act or omission would amount to an offence under the relevant provision.

that the commission of the offence was due to an act or default of another person who was not under his control, or to reliance on information supplied by such a person;

that the sale or intended sale of which the alleged offence consisted was not a sale or intended sale under his name or mark; and

that he did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, at the time of the commission of the alleged offence that his act or omission would amount to an offence under the relevant provision.

at least 7 clear days before the hearing; and

where he has previously appeared before a court in connection with the alleged offence, before the expiration of one month from his first such appearance,

without prejudice to the generality of Article 8, provide that any food which, in accordance with the regulations, is certified as being such food as is mentioned in sub‐paragraph (a) may be treated for the purposes of that Article as failing to comply with food safety requirements.

require persons carrying on any activity to which the regulations apply to keep and produce records and provide returns;

prescribe the particulars to be entered on any register required to be kept in accordance with the regulations;

require any such register to be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable times and, subject to that, authorise it to be kept by means of a computer;

prescribe the periods for which and the conditions subject to which licences may be issued, and provide for the subsequent alteration of conditions and for the cancellation, suspension or revocation of licences;

provide for an appeal to a magistrates' court against any decision of a district councilF27,the Food Standards Agency or the Department of Agriculture or of an authorised officer.

provide that an offence under the regulationsF27. . . shall be punishable on summary conviction or on indictment or in either one way or the other; and

include provisions under which a person guilty of such an offence shall be liable to such penalties (not exceeding those which may be imposed in respect of offences under this Order) as may be specified in the regulationsF27. . . .