The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Procurement by authorised officers of samples with regard to food

37.  An authorised officer of a food authority may, for the purposes of the execution and enforcement by that authority of the Import Provisions—

(a) purchase a sample of any food, or any substance capable of being used in the preparation of food;

(b) take a sample of any food, or any such substance, which—

(i) appears to the officer to be intended for placing on the market or to have been placed on the market, for human consumption; or

(ii) is found by the officer on or in any premises which the officer is authorised to enter by or under regulation 39;

(c) take a sample from any food source, or a sample of any contact material, which is found by the officer on or in any such premises; and

(d) take a sample of any article or substance which is found on or in any such premises and which the officer has reason to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings under any of the provisions of the Import Provisions.