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(1) An authorized officer may, at a reasonable hour, for the proper performance of a function under this Part

(a) enter any premises where the officer believes an article to which this Part applies is prepared, preserved, packed, stored or conveyed and examine the article and take samples and examine anything that the officer believes is used or is capable of being used for the preparation, preservation, packaging, storing or conveying of the article;

(b) open and examine a receptacle or package which the officer believes contains an article to which this Part applies;

(c) examine the books, documents, or any other records found in a place mentioned in paragraph (a) which the officer believes contains an information relevant to the enforcement of this Part and make copies of them or take extracts from them; and

(d) seize and detain for the period that the officer considers necessary an article by means of or in relation to which it is believed a provision of this Part has been contravened.

(2) An authorized officer acting under this section shall produce the authority to act if required.

(3) Where the owner or a responsible person in occupation of premises is present and refuses to open a container or door on being asked to do so, an authorized officer may by a warrant break open the container or door of the premises where food or drugs may be kept for storage or sale.

(4) A person who obstructs or impedes an authorized officer in the course of the officer’s duties or by a gratuity, bribe, promise or any other inducement prevents or attempts to prevent the due execution by the authorized officer of duties under this Part or of the Regulations commits an offence.

(5) An authorized officer

(a) may at a reasonable time, examine food intended for human or animal consumption which has been distributed, sold or is offered or exposed for sale or is in the possession of or has been deposited with or consigned to a person for the purpose of distribution or sale or manufacture for sale, if it appears to the authorized officer to be unfit for human or animal consumption, and

(b) may seize and remove it in order to have it dealt with in a manner provided by this Part or the Regulations.

(6) An authorized officer who seizes food under subsection (1) shall inform the person in whose possession the food was found of the intention to have it disposed of in the prescribed manner.

(7) An authorized officer may seize and cause to be disposed of in a manner prescribed by Guidelines the carcass or a part of the carcass of an animal received into a butchery facility or cold store for the purpose of selling for human or animal consumption, which on examination is found to be diseased or unfit for human or animal consumption and compensation shall not be paid to the owner of the carcass or a part of the carcass.

(8) Where in pursuance of a provision of this section a carcass or a part of it is seized by an authorized officer, the officer shall record or cause to be recorded

(a) a description or any other particulars as will suffice to identify the carcass or part of it, and

(b) the grounds on which the seizure was effected before causing it to be disposed of.

(9) For the purposes of this section, the authorized officer may deal with poultry, game and fish in the same manner as if the poultry, game and fish were carcasses or animals for slaughter.