The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Physical check of returned products

52.  Any person required by regulation 18 to present a returned product, or ensure that it is presented, to the official veterinary surgeon at a border inspection post need only permit the official veterinary surgeon, or an assistant appointed under regulation 6(1)(b) or 6(2)(b), to carry out a physical check on the returned product in any case where the official veterinary surgeon has reasonable grounds for believing—

(a) that these Regulations have not been, or are not being, complied with in relation to the returned product;

(b) that the returned product does not comply with the import conditions; or

(c) that the identity or destination of the returned product does not correspond with the information given on any relevant document.