The Food Safety(Northern Ireland) Order 1991

Selling food not complying with food safety requirements

7.—(1) Any person who—

(a)sells for human consumption, or offers, exposes or advertises for sale for such consumption, or has in his possession for the purpose of such sale or of preparation for such sale; or

(b)deposits with, or consigns to, any other person for the purpose of such sale or of preparation for such sale,

any food which fails to comply with food safety requirements shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Where any food which fails to comply with food safety requirements is part of a batch, lot or consignment of food of the same class or description, it shall be presumed for the purposes of this Article and Article 8, until the contrary is proved, that all of the food in that batch, lot or consignment fails to comply with those requirements.