[F115CDuty to report non-compliance with food information lawS
(1)A food business operator must as soon as reasonably practicable inform Food Standards Scotland if the food business operator—
(a)is, or has been, in charge of any food which is intended for human consumption and has been placed on the market within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002; and
(b)considers or has reason to believe that food information law is being contravened in relation to the food.
(2)Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above, a food business operator is to be treated as being, or having been, in charge of any food which it has—
(a)received;
(b)imported;
(c)produced;
(d)processed;
(e)manufactured;
(f)distributed; or
(g)otherwise placed on the market within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002.
(4)For the purposes of this Act, “food business operator” is to be construed in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 15A-15D and cross-heading inserted (S.) (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), ss. 33, 63(2) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2