PART 3OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON FEED AND FOOD OF NON-ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM THIRD COUNTRIES
Food enforcement responsibilities and competent authority status24
1
It is the responsibility of each food authority to execute and enforce the Import Provisions in its area in relation to food.
2
The food authority is designated as the competent authority for the purposes of the provisions of Regulation 669/2009 apart from Article 19 in so far as those provisions apply in relation to relevant food law.
3
A food authority’s designation as a competent authority pursuant to paragraph (2) extends to its area only.
4
The Agency is designated as the competent authority for the purposes of Article 19 of Regulation 669/2009 in so far as it applies to relevant food law.