The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

Seizure or disposal of crops, food or feeding stuffs

5.  If any product contains a level of pesticide residue above that permitted under either regulation 3(1) or 4(1), the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the National Assembly for Wales shall each have the power—

(a)to seize or dispose of the consignment containing that product, or any part of it, or to require that some other person shall dispose of it, or

(b)to direct some other person to take such remedial action as appears to the said Minister or to the said Assembly, as the case may be, to be necessary.