PART 3Transparency and fairness in the agri-food supply chain

CHAPTER 1Collection and sharing of data

I125Requirement must specify purposes for which information may be processed

1

This section applies to a requirement imposed under section 23(1) or (2).

2

The requirement must specify the purposes for which the information may be processed.

3

Each purpose specified must be in, or covered by, the list of purposes in subsection (4).

4

The list of purposes is as follows—

a

helping persons in agri-food supply chains to—

i

increase productivity,

ii

manage risks (including, but not limited to, financial risks, non-financial trading risks, climatic risks, and risks of or from disease or pollution), or

iii

manage market volatility;

b

promoting transparency or fairness in agri-food supply chains;

c

promoting the health, welfare or traceability of creatures of a kind kept for the production of food, drink, fibres or leathers;

d

promoting the health or quality of plants, fungi or soil;

e

minimising adverse environmental effects of activities connected with agri-food supply chains;

f

minimising waste arising from activities connected with agri-food supply chains;

g

monitoring, or analysing, markets connected with agri-food supply chains.

5

For the meaning of “agri-food supply chain” (and “person in” such a chain) see section 24.