The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2009

26.  For regulation 32 (notices pursuant to Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation 882/2004 (imports of feed and food from third countries)) substitute—

Notices in relation to imports of feed and food from third countries

32.(1) If an authorised officer of an enforcement authority proposes to place a consignment of feed or food under official detention under Article 65, 66 or 67 of Regulation 2017/625 the officer must serve a notice to that effect on the operator responsible for it.

(2) Before ordering the operator to take action in accordance with Article 66(3)(a), (b) or (c), the enforcement officer must hear that operator as provided in the fourth subparagraph of Article 66(3) of Regulation 2017/625 unless immediate action is necessary.

(3) If an authorised officer of an enforcement authority proposes to take any of the measures referred to in Article 66 or 67 of Regulation 2017/625 in respect of a consignment of feed or food, the officer must serve a notice to that effect on the operator responsible for it.