PART 2Enforcement of Regulation 178/2002

Interpretation of this Part3

In this Part any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in Regulation 178/2002.

Offence of failing to comply with any specified provision of Regulation 178/20024

1

Any person who fails to comply with any provision specified in paragraph (2) commits an offence.

2

The specified provisions are —

a

Article 12, in so far as it relates to feed (conditions on export or re-export to third countries);

b

Article 15(1) (prohibition on the placing on the market or feeding to any animal of unsafe feed);

c

Article 16, in so far as it relates to feed (prohibition on misleading labelling, advertising or presentation);

d

Article 18(2) and (3) (requirements that operators must have traceability information and make such information available to competent authorities) in so far as they relate to feed business operators; and

e

Article 20 (responsibilities of feed business operators regarding feed that does not satisfy feed safety requirements).

Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 178/20025

The competent authority —

a

for the purposes of Articles 15 and 18 is DARD; and

b

for the purposes of Article 20 is DARD or the Agency.