S.I. No. 674/2019 - European Union (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2019

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd January, 2020.

Contents

1. Citation and commencement
2. Application
3. Interpretation
4. Registration of food business and feed business
5. Approval of food business and feed business
6. Suspension or revocation of a food or feed business registration or approval
7. Certificate of approval
8. Maintenance of register etc
9. Undesirable substances in feedingstuffs
10. Notice of import of feed
11. Records
12. Forgery including fraudulent or deceptive activity
13. Appointment of authorised officer
14. Functions of authorised officer
15. Search warrant
16. Compliance notice
17. Appeal against compliance notice
18. Seizure and detention for non-compliance with a compliance notice
19. Fixed payment notice
20. Fees
21. Obstruction and false statements
22. Data Sharing
23. Contravention of Regulation No 178/2002
24. Contravention of Regulation No 852/2004
25. Contravention of Regulation No 853/2004
26. Contravention of Regulation No 183/2005
27. Contravention of Regulation No 2073/2006
28. Contravention of Regulation No 2074/2005
29. Contravention of Regulation No 2015/1375
30. Contravention of Regulation No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
31. Contravention of Commission Implementing Regulation No 208/2013 of 11 March 2013
32. Contravention of Regulation No 2017/625
33. Contravention of these Regulations
34. Service
35. Penalties and prosecutions
36. Evidence on certificate etc
37. Revocations, savers etc

I, Michael Creed, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 , for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2002/32 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002¹ (as amended by Commission Directive 2003/57/EC of 17 June 2003² , Commission Directive 2003/100/EC of 31 October 2003³ , Commission Directive 2005/8/EC of 27 January 2005⁴ , Commission Directive 2005/86/EC of 5 December 2005⁵ , Commission Directive 2005/87/EC of 5 December 2005⁶ , Commission Directive 2006/13/EC of 3 February 2006⁷ , Commission Directive 2006/77/EC of 29 September 2006⁸ , Commission Directive 2008/76/EC of 25 July 2008⁹ , Commission Directive 2009/8/EC of 10 February 2009¹⁰ , Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009¹¹ , Commission Directive 2009/141/EC of 23 November 2009¹² , Commission Directive 2010/6/EU of 9 February 2010¹³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 574/2011 of 16 June 2011¹⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 277/2012 of 28 March 2012¹⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 744/2012 of 16 August 2012¹⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 107/2013 of 5 February 2013¹⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1275/2013 of 6 December 2013¹⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/186 of 6 February 2015¹⁹ and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2229 of 4 December 2017²⁰ ); Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002²¹ (as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003²² , Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 of 7 April 2006²³ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 202/2008 of 4 March 2008²⁴ , Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014²⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/228 of 9 February 2017²⁶ , Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019²⁷ and Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019²⁸ ); Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004²⁹ (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1019/2008 of 17 October 2008³⁰ and Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009³¹ ); Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004³² (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 of 5 December 2005³³ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1662/2006 of 6 November 2006³⁴ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1243/2007 of 24 October 2007³⁵ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1020/2008 of 17 October 2008³⁶ , Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009³⁷ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1161/2009 of 30 November 2009³⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 558/2010 of 24 June 2010³⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 150/2011 of 18 February 2011⁴⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1276/2011 of 8 December 2011⁴¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 16/2012 of 11 January 2012⁴² , Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013⁴³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 786/2013 of 16 August 2013⁴⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 218/2014 of 7 March 2014⁴⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 633/2014 of 13 June 2014⁴⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1137/2014 of 27 October 2014⁴⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/355 of 11 March 2016⁴⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1978 of 31 October 2017⁴⁹ and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1981 of 31 October 2017⁵⁰ ); Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005⁵¹ (as amended by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009⁵² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 225/2012 of 15 March 2012⁵³ and Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1905 of 22 October 2015⁵⁴ ); Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005⁵⁵ (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1441/2007 of 5 December 2007⁵⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 365/2010 of 28 April 2010⁵⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1086/2011 of 27 October 2011⁵⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 209/2013 of 11 March 2013⁵⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1019/2013 of 23 October 2013⁶⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 217/2014 of 7 March 2014⁶¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2285 of 8 December 2015⁶² , Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1495 of 23 August 2017⁶³ and Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/229 of 7 February 2019⁶⁴ ); Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 of 5 December 2005⁶⁵ (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1664/2006 of 6 November 2006⁶⁶ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1244/2007 of 24 October 2007⁶⁷ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1022/2008 of 17 October 2008⁶⁸ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1250/2008 of 12 December 2008⁶⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 15/2011 of 10 January 2011⁷⁰ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2011 of 11 August 2011⁷¹ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1012/2012 of 5 November 2012⁷² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 218/2014 of 7 March 2014⁷³ ,Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/2295 of 9 December 2015⁷⁴ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 of 28 April 2016⁷⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017⁷⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017⁷⁷ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019⁷⁸ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628 of 8 April 2019⁷⁹ and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1139 of 3 July 2019⁸⁰ ); Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009⁸¹ (as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 454/2010 of 26 May 2010⁸² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 568/2010 of 29 June 2010⁸³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 939/2010 of 20 October 2010⁸⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2279 of 11 December 2017⁸⁵ and Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1903 of 5 December 2018⁸⁶ ); Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 931/2011 of 19 September 2011⁸⁷ ; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 208/2013 of 11 March 2013⁸⁸ ; Commission Regulation (EU) No 210/2013 of 11 March 2013⁸⁹ ; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 of 10 August 2015⁹⁰ ; Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017⁹¹ (as amended, supplemented or implemented by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/631 of 7 February 2018⁹² , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/329 of 5 March 2018⁹³ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1587 of 22 October 2018⁹⁴ , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/478 of 14 January 2019⁹⁵ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/66 of 16 January 2019⁹⁶ , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 of 8 February 2019⁹⁷ , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 of 4 March 2019⁹⁸ , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1081 of 8 March 2019⁹⁹ , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1012 of 12 March 2019¹⁰⁰ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/530 of 27 March 2019¹⁰¹ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/723 of 2 May 2019¹⁰² , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 of 5 March 2019¹⁰³ (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1981 of 28 November 2019¹⁰⁴ ), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019¹⁰⁵ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628 of 8 April 2019¹⁰⁶ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1013 of 16 April 2019¹⁰⁷ , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1602 of 23 April 2019¹⁰⁸ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1014 of 12 June 2019¹⁰⁹ , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2090 of 19 June 2019¹¹⁰ , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1666 of 24 June 2019¹¹¹ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1139 of 3 July 2019¹¹² , Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2074 of 23 September 2019¹¹³ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019¹¹⁴ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1685 of 4 October 2019¹¹⁵ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019¹¹⁶ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1873 of 7 November 2019¹¹⁷ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007 of 18 November 2019¹¹⁸ and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2093 of 29 November 2019¹¹⁹ ), hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1.

Application

2.

• (2) These Regulations do not apply to a primary producer or other food or feed business engaged in–

• (a) retail sale or supply directly to a final consumer except-

• (i) if the sale or supply is from an establishment registered or approved under these Regulations, or

• (ii) subject to subparagraph (c) retail of fish or a fishery product (by, or on behalf of a primary producer),

• (b) primary production, domestic preparation, handling or storage for private domestic production,

• (c) the supply of fish feed for, and feeding of fish feed to, fish –

• (i) kept for domestic production, or

• (ii) not kept for food production, or

• (d) marginal, localised and restricted supply of a food of animal origin from a retail establishment to another retail establishment, to the extent that the food or feed business engages in any of these activities.

• (3) Regulation No 852/2004 and Regulation No 853/2004 do not apply to a primary producer engaged in –

• (a) direct supply of a primary product of fishing or aquaculture, not exceeding 30 kilogrammes per week, to the final consumer or to a local retail establishment supplying directly to the final consumer, (with respect to live bivalve molluscs this exemption applies only to live bivalve molluscs harvested from class A areas (classified by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority in accordance with Article 53 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 of 5 March 2019) and where the area has not been closed due to excessive levels of toxin (in accordance with Article 62 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 of 5 March 2019)),

• (b) direct supply of eggs from a flock of hens (gallus gallus domesticus) or quail not exceeding 50 birds, or a flock of ducks or geese not exceeding 20 birds, to the final consumer or to retail establishments supplying directly to the final consumer, located no more than 100 kilometres from the production site,

• (c) direct supply of raw milk, not exceeding 30 litres per week, to the final consumer or to retail establishments supplying directly to the final consumer, located no more than 20 kilometres from the holding,

• (d) hunting, where the primary producer is engaged solely in the supply of wild game that he or she has hunted if –

• (i) no more than one large wild game or no more than three small wild game are supplied in a week, with a maximum of three large wild game or thirty small wild game supplied in a year, and

• (ii) the wild game is supplied only to final consumers, or to retail establishments that supply the final consumer, located no more than 100 kilometres from where the wild game was hunted, to the extent that the food or feed business engages in any of these activities.

• (4) Regulation No 853/2004 does not apply to-

• (a) a primary producer engaged in direct supply of poultry and lagomorphs, slaughtered on the holding, to the final consumer or to retail establishments supplying the meat directly to the final consumer, located no more than 100 kilometres from the holding, if

• (i) no more than 1,000 birds are slaughtered in a week, with a maximum of 10,000 birds being slaughtered in a calendar year, or

• (ii) no more than 1,000 animals are slaughtered in a week, with a maximum of 10,000 animals being slaughtered in a calendar year, or

• (b) the supply, by a hunter, of wild game or wild game meat to the final consumer, or to retail establishments that supply the final consumer, located no more than 100 kilometres from where the wild game was hunted, if –

• (i) the meat of no more than one large wild game or no more than three small wild game is supplied in a week, and

• (ii) the meat of no more than three large wild game or thirty small wild game is supplied in a year, to the extent that the food or feed business engages in any of these activities.

• (5) These Regulations shall be deemed to be food legislation for the purposes of the Act of 1998.

Interpretation

3.

“Act of 1998” means the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 (No. 29 of 1998);

“authorised officer” means –

• (a) an authorised officer within the meaning of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15 of 2013),

• (b) an authorised officer within the meaning of the Act of 1998,

• (c) a sea-fisheries protection officer (within the meaning of section 16 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006)),

• (d) an authorised officer within the meaning of the European Communities (Marketing Standards for eggs) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 140 of 2009 ),

• (e) a person who, immediately before the making of these Regulations, was an authorised officer under the Regulations of 2009,

• (f) a member of the Garda Síochána,

• (g) an officer of the Revenue Commissioners, or

• (h) a person appointed under Regulation 13;

“European legislation on food and feed” means Regulation No 178/2002, Regulation No 852/2004, Regulation No 853/2004, Regulation No 183/2005, Regulation No 2073/2005, Regulation No 2074/2005, Regulation No 767/2009, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1162/2009 of 1 December 2009, Regulation No 931/2011, Regulation No 208/2013, Regulation No 210/2013, Regulation No 2015/1375 or Regulation No 2017/625;

“local authority” has the meaning assigned to it by the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) (as amended by section 5 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014)), and the functional area of the local authority has the meaning, subject to an agreement under sections 85, 86 and 149A of the Local Government Act 2001 , assigned to “administrative area” as defined in that Act;

“Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;

“premises” includes land (including land under water) with or without buildings, an establishment, a vehicle (including a boat, ship, hovercraft, aircraft or off-shore installation (being an offshore installation within the meaning of the Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act 1987 (No. 18 of 1987))), railway wagon, container or other thing used in connection with, or ancillary to, such a thing;

“registering authority” means the person to whom an application in accordance with Regulation 4 or 5 is made or should be made;

“Regulation No 178/2002” means Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003, Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 of 7 April 2006, Commission Regulation (EC) No 202/2008 of 4 March 2008, Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/228 of 9 February 2017, Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 and Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019;

“Regulation No 852/2004” means Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1019/2008 of 17 October 2008 and Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009;

“Regulation No 853/2004” means Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 (and, in so far as is required by Article 2 thereof, Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation No 178/2002 and Regulation No 852/2004) as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 of 5 December 2005, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1662/2006 of 6 November 2006, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1243/2007 of 24 October 2007, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1020/2008 of 17 October 2008, Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1161/2009 of 30 November 2009, Commission Regulation (EU) No 558/2010 of 24 June 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No 150/2011 of 18 February 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1276/2011 of 8 December 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No 16/2012 of 11 January 2012, Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 786/2013 of 16 August 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 218/2014 of 7 March 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 633/2014 of 13 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1137/2014 of 27 October 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/355 of 11 March 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1978 of 31 October 2017, Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1981 of 31 October 2017 and Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019;

“Regulation No 183/2005” means Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009, Commission Regulation (EU) No 225/2012 of 15 March 2012 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1905 of 22 October 2015;

“Regulation No 2073/2005” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1441/2007 of 5 December 2007, Commission Regulation (EU) No 365/2010 of 28 April 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1086/2011 of 27 October 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No 209/2013 of 11 March 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1019/2013 of 23 October 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 217/2014 of 7 March 2014, COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/2285 of 8 December 2015, COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/1495 of 23 August 2017 and COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2019/229 of 7 February 2019;

“Regulation No 2074/2005” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 of 5 December 2005 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1664/2006 of 6 November 2006, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1244/2007 of 24 October 2007, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1022/2008 of 17 October 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1250/2008 of 12 December 2008, Commission Regulation (EU) No 15/2011 of 10 January 2011, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2011 of 11 August 2011, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1012/2012 of 5 November 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No 218/2014 of 7 March 2014, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/2295 of 9 December 2015, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 of 28 April 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017, Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628 of 8 April 2019 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1139 of 3 July 2019;

“Regulation No 767/2009” means Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 454/2010 of 26 May 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No 568/2010 of 29 June 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No 939/2010 of 20 October 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2279 of 11 December 2017 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1903 of 5 December 2018;

“Regulation No 931/2011” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 931/2011 of 19 September 2011;

“Regulation No 208/2013” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 208/2013 of 11 March 2013;

“Regulation No 210/2013” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 210/2013 of 11 March 2013;

“Regulation No 2015/1375” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 of 10 August 2015;

“Regulation No 2017/625” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 as amended, supplemented or implemented by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/631 of 7 February 2018, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/329 of 5 March 2018, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1587 of 22 October 2018, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/478 of 14 January 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/66 of 16 January 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 of 8 February 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 of 4 March 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1081 of 8 March 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1012 of 12 March 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/530 of 27 March 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/723 of 2 May 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 of 5 March 2019 (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1981 of 28 November 2019), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628 of 8 April 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1013 of 16 April 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1602 of 23 April 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1014 of 12 June 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2090 of 19 June 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1666 of 24 June 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1139 of 3 July 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2074 of 23 September 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1685 of 4 October 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1873 of 7 November 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007 of 18 November 2019 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2093 of 29 November 2019;

“Regulations of 2009” means the European Communities (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 432 of 2009 ).

• (2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the European legislation on food and feed has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in these Regulations (other than Regulation 9) as it has in the European legislation on food and feed.

• (3) In these Regulations, if the context so requires or admits, a reference to a fishery product includes a reference to live bivalve molluscs, live echinoderms, live tunicates and live marine gastropods.

Registration of food business and feed business

4.

• (a) a food business unless his or her name, the name and address of the establishment and the nature of the food business operated in the establishment, or

• (b) a feed business unless his or her name, the name and address of the establishment and the nature of the feed business operated in the establishment is entered in a register maintained for the purposes of –

• (i) Article 6 of Regulation No 852/2004 (“Register of food businesses”),

• (ii) Article 9 of Regulation No 183/2005 (“Register of feed businesses”), or

• (iii) Article 10 of Regulation No 2017/625 (“Official Control Register”).

• (2) An application for registration in respect of –

• (a) (i) a primary producer (other than a primary producer whose production relates to fishery products or to wild game),

• (ii) an importer or distributor of foods of animal origin who engages in the distribution of 20 tonnes or more of animal products at any one time, or

• (iii) a feed business shall be in a form and contain any information that the Minister may require,

• (b) a primary producer or an establishment engaged in the production, processing, distribution, export, import, or otherwise placing on the market, of fishery products not subject to Regulation 5, shall be in a form and contain information that the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority may require,

• (c) a primary producer engaged in hunting and supply of wild game shall be in a form and contain any information that the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht may require,

• (d) (i) a food business engaged in the production of poultry and lagomorphs referred to in Regulation 2(4)(a), or

• (ii) an importer or distributor of foods of animal origin who engages in the distribution of animal products and is not referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii), shall be in a form and contain any information that the local authority in whose functional area the business is situated may require.

• (3) An application for registration in respect of a food business to which this Regulation relates that is not referred to in paragraph (2), and

• (a) in respect of which the Health Service Executive exercised statutory functions prior to the making of these Regulations, or

• (b) is of a class or type of food business assigned to the Health Service Executive by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s inter-agency agreement on supervisory arrangements, shall be in a form and contain any information that the Executive may require.

• (4) An application for registration in respect of a food business to which these Regulations applies that is not otherwise specified in this Regulation shall be made to the registering authority to which the Food Safety Authority of Ireland directs the notification.

• (5) A registering authority may enter the name and address of a person, the name and address of an establishment and the nature of the food or feed business operated in the establishment in a register of food businesses or a register of feed businesses, suspend or revoke registration or refuse an application.

• (6) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a primary producer who is of a class or type who may be eligible to receive a payment under Regulation (EC) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 is considered to be entered in the register of food businesses and, where appropriate, the register of feed businesses.

• (7) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a hunter who supplies wild game and is licensed by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in accordance with Sections 28 and 29 of the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2018 shall be considered to be entered in the register of food businesses.

• (8) If an establishment is –

• (a) engaged in more than one activity to which this Regulation relates, and

• (b) those activities would, but for this paragraph, be subject to an application to different registering authorities, the application shall be accepted by one registering authority agreed between the registering authorities concerned.

• (9) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), (7) and (8) a registering authority may transfer an application to another registering authority by agreement between the registering authorities.

• (10) A registering authority shall not consider an application unless it contains all the material and particulars sought by the authority and is accompanied by the fee (if any) set in accordance with Regulation 20.

• (11) A person whose name is entered in a register of food businesses or a register of feed businesses shall make such returns to the Minister or registering authority as the Minister or registering authority may require.

Approval of food business & feed business

5.

• (a) a food business to which-

• (i) Article 4(3) of Regulation No 853/2004, or

• (ii) Article 2 of Regulation No 210/2013 applies other than under and in accordance with an approval granted for the purposes of those provisions (“food business approval”), or

• (b) a feed business to which Article 10 of Regulation No 183/2005 applies other than under and in accordance with an approval granted for the purposes of that provision (“feed business approval”).

• (2) An application for a food business approval in respect of—

• (a) a food business engaged in the slaughter of animals where no more than 100 livestock units are slaughtered in any week with a maximum of 1,000 livestock units slaughtered in a calendar year,

• (b) a food business engaged in the slaughter of poultry where no more than 3,000 birds are slaughtered in any week with a maximum of 150,000 birds slaughtered in a calendar year,

• (c) a food business engaged in the slaughter of lagomorphs where no more than 3,000 lagomorphs are slaughtered in any week with a maximum of 150,000 lagomorphs slaughtered in a calendar year,

• (d) a food business engaged in the preparation of minced meat or mechanically separated meat where no more than 5 tonnes of minced meat and mechanically separated meat in total is produced in any week,

• (e) a food business engaged in the production of meat preparations or meat products, where no more than 20 tonnes of finished products or preparations in total are produced in any week,

• (f) a food business operating as a cutting plant where no more than 20 tonnes of fresh meat is produced in any week, or

• (g) a food business engaged in the handling of wild game where no more than 8 livestock units are handled in any week with a maximum of 200 livestock units being handled in a calendar year,

shall be in a form and contain any information that the local authority in whose functional area the business is situated may require.

• (3) An application for a food business approval or feed business approval in respect of—

• (a) a food business of a class or description specified in paragraph (2) where the amount produced is greater than the amount specified for that type of business in that paragraph,

• (b) a food business importing or producing novel foods of animal origin, including but not limited to, reptile meat or insects intended for human consumption,

• (c) a food business engaged in the production of sprouts (as defined in Regulation No 210/2013),

• (d) a food business where-

• (i) Regulation No 853/2004, Annex III, Section IX, which refers to Raw Milk, Colostrum, Dairy Products and Colostrum-Based Products, or

• (ii) Regulation No 853/2004, Annex III, Section X, which refers to Eggs and Egg Products,

applies,

• (e) a food business engaged in the slaughter of animals not otherwise referred to in this Regulation, or

• (f) a feed business,

shall be in a form and contain any information that the Minister may require.

• (4) An application in respect of a food business to which –

• (i) Regulation No 853/2004, Annex III, Section VII, which refers to Live Bivalve Molluscs, or

• (ii) Regulation No 853/2004, Annex III, Section VIII, which refers to Fishery Products,

applies, shall be in a form and contain any information that the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority may require.

• (5) An application for approval in respect of a food business to which this Regulation relates that is not referred to in paragraphs (2), (3) or (4), and

• (a) in respect of which the Health Service Executive exercised statutory functions prior to the making of these Regulations, or

• (b) is of a class or type of food business assigned to the Health Service Executive by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s inter-agency agreement on supervisory arrangements,

shall be in a form and contain any information that the Executive may require.

• (6) An application for approval in respect of-

• (a) a food business establishment operating as a cold storage plant, or

• (b) a food business not otherwise specified in this Regulation

shall be made to the registering authority to which the Food Safety Authority of Ireland directs the application.

• (7) If an establishment is –

• (a) engaged in more than one activity to which this Regulation relates, or

• (b) engaged in an activity to which this Regulation relates, and is, at the same time, engaged in an activity subject to application for approval under ( S.I. No. 369 of 2006 ), and

• (c) those activities would, but for this paragraph, be subject to application to different registering authorities,

the application may be determined by one registering authority agreed between the registering authorities concerned.

• (8) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5), a registering authority may transfer an application for approval to another registering authority by agreement between the registering authorities.

• (9) A registering authority shall not consider an application unless the application contains all the material and particulars sought by the authority and is accompanied by the fee (if any) set in accordance with Regulation 20.

• (10) A registering authority may grant a food business approval or a feed business approval, attach a condition to a food business approval or a feed business approval, vary or revoke a condition, suspend or revoke a food business approval or a feed business approval or refuse an application for approval in accordance with Regulation 6.

• (11) A registering authority may, for good and sufficient reason, make a food business approval or a feed business approval valid for a limited period.

• (12) A registering authority may, in respect of an application for a food business approval or a feed business approval, grant a conditional approval for up to 2 periods of not more than 3 months (or where the approval concerns a fishing vessel, conditional approval for a period of 12 months).

• (13) The holder of a food business approval or a feed business approval shall make such returns to the Minister or registering authority as the Minister or registering authority may require.

• (14) In this Regulation:

• (a) 1 livestock unit is the equivalent of an adult bovine animal with a live weight of 300 kg or more;

• (b) 0.5 livestock units is the equivalent of a reptile or a bovine other than a bovine referred to in subparagraph (a);

• (c) 0.2 livestock units is the equivalent of a pig with a live weight of 100 kg or more or a large game (including deer) with a live weight of 100 kg or more;

• (d) 0.15 livestock units is the equivalent of a pig other than a pig referred to in subparagraph (c);

• (e) 0.1 livestock units is the equivalent of a ratite;

• (f) 0.05 livestock units is the equivalent of a sheep or goat, or a deer other than a deer referred to in subparagraph (c).

Suspension or revocation of a food or feed business registration or approval

6.

• (a) refuse to accept an application from a food business operator or a feed business operator for registration if it is satisfied that information required has not been furnished or information that is false or misleading in a material respect has been furnished, or

• (b) remove from a register a food business operator or a feed business operator, if it is satisfied that a registered person has ceased to carry out the activity to which the registration relates on the premises to which the registration relates.

• (2) If a registering authority proposes to refuse an application or to revoke a registration under paragraph (1), it shall-

• (a) notify the applicant or registered food business operator or feed business operator of the proposal and the reasons for the proposal, and that he or she may make representations in relation to the proposal to the registering authority within 14 days of notification,

• (b) consider a representation duly made before deciding whether to proceed with, modify or annul the proposal, and

• (c) notify the applicant or registered person of the decision and the reasons for the decision.

• (3) Without prejudice to the generality of Regulation 5(10), a registering authority may refuse an application or suspend or revoke a food business approval or feed business approval if it is satisfied that—

• (a) an act of the institutions of the European Union or these Regulations have not, are not or will not be, complied with,

• (b) the applicant or holder of a food business approval or a feed business approval has contravened a provision of an enactment, whether he or she has been convicted or not, relating to food, feed, animal or public health, animal welfare or the environment,

• (c) the applicant or holder of a food business approval or a feed business approval has failed to comply with a condition of a food business approval or a feed business approval,

• (d) in relation to an application, information required has not been furnished or information that is false or misleading in a material respect has been furnished,

• (e) the premises to which the application or food business approval or a feed business approval relates is not, or has ceased to be, a premises that meets the structural, operational and hygiene requirements of the European legislation on food and feed relevant to the form of premises to be approved,

• (f) the applicant or holder of a food business approval or a feed business approval is not a fit and proper person to be approved,

• (g) the holder of a food business approval or a feed business approval has ceased to carry out the activity to which approval relates at the premises to which approval relates,

• (h) the applicant or registered person, having been given 28 days to do so, fails to pay a fee under Regulation 20,

• (i) it is necessary for the protection of human health, animal health or welfare or the environment, including the prevention, control or eradication of a disease, or

• (j) it is necessary, ancillary or supplementary for an act of the institutions of the European Union to have full effect.

• (4) Other than in the case of paragraph (3)(i) or (j), if a registering authority proposes to refuse an application or to suspend or revoke an approval, it shall-

• (a) notify the applicant or holder of the food business approval or feed business approval of the proposal and the reasons for the proposal, and that he or she may make representations in relation to the proposal to the registering authority within 14 days of notification,

• (b) consider a representation duly made before deciding whether to proceed with, modify or annul the proposal, and

• (c) notify the applicant or registered person of the decision and the reasons for the decision.

• (5) If a registering authority is of the opinion that—

• (a) it is necessary for the protection of human health, animal health or welfare or the environment, including the prevention, control or eradication of a disease, or

• (b) it is necessary, ancillary or supplementary for an act of the institutions of the European Union to have full effect,

it may refuse an application, suspend or revoke an approval in accordance with paragraph (6).

• (6) If a registering authority refuses an application or suspends or revokes an approval in accordance with this paragraph, it shall—

• (a) notify the applicant or registered person of the decision and the reasons for the decision, and that he or she may make representations in relation to the decision to the registering authority within 14 days of notification,

• (b) consider a representation made, and

• (c) confirm, modify or annul the decision and notify the applicant or holder of the authorization of the decision and the reasons for the decision.

• (7) If a registering authority—

• (a) suspends a food business approval or a feed business approval, the approval and the entry in the register of food businesses or register of feed businesses relating to the person and establishment suspended has no effect for the duration of the suspension, or

• (b) revokes a food business approval or a feed business approval or the approval expires by effluxion of time, the approval and the entry in the register of food businesses or feed businesses relating to the person to whom, and establishment to which, approval formerly related has no effect.

Certificate of approval

7.

• (2) A certificate of approval shall contain-

• (a) the name of the holder of the feed business approval or food business approval,

• (b) the address of the premises to which the feed business approval or food business approval relates,

• (c) the nature of the activity to which the feed business approval or food business approval relates,

• (d) the conditions to which the feed business approval or food business approval is subject,

• (e) the period of validity (if any) of the feed business approval or food business approval,

• (f) a unique reference number that identifies the feed business or food business, and

• (g) the name of the registering authority.

• (3) If a feed business approval or food business approval is suspended or revoked, the holder of the certificate of approval shall surrender it on request to the registering authority or an authorised officer.

• (4) If a certificate of approval is surrendered to a registering authority or an authorised officer, the authority or officer shall return it to the holder on expiry of a period of suspension.

• (5) The holder of a feed business approval or a food business approval shall cause the certificate of approval to be displayed prominently on the premises to which the approval relates during business hours.

Maintenance of register etc

8.

• (2) The Minister shall maintain and publish, in a manner that he or she considers appropriate—

• (a) the register of feed businesses, and

• (b) a list of feed business approvals.

Undesirable substances in feedingstuffs

9.

• (a) it is of sound merchantable quality, and

• (b) if the product is mentioned in Annex I to the Directive, the amount of an undesirable substance mentioned in column (1) of that Annex opposite the mention in column (2) of the product does not exceed the level specified in column (3) opposite the mention of the product in column (2).

• (2) A person shall not, for dilution purposes, mix a product that does not comply with paragraph (1) with another product or a further quantity of the same product.

• (3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a complementary feedingstuff taking into account the proportion of the complementary product prescribed for use in a daily ration.

• (4) Annex I to the Directive is construed and has effect as if each maximum level referred to in footnotes (1), (3) and (4) is prescribed.

• (5) A person shall not have in his or her possession or under his or her control, sell or supply an animal to which a product has been administered in contravention of paragraph (1).

• (6) A person who imports, exports, puts into circulation, manufactures, incorporates a product in a feedingstuff, shall maintain a record of each transaction relating to a product or a feedingstuff, maintain the record for not less than 8 years and make it available on request to an authorised officer.

• (7) The Minister may determine the form and manner in which a record maintained under paragraph (1) is to be maintained and, if he or she does so, a person shall comply with the determination.

• (8) In this Regulation—

“Directive” means Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 as amended by Commission Directive 2003/57/EC of 17 June 2003, Commission Directive 2003/100/EC of 31 October 2003, Commission Directive 2005/8/EC of 27 January 2005, Commission Directive 2005/86/EC of 5 December 2005, Commission Directive 2005/87/EC of 5 December 2005, Commission Directive 2006/13/EC of 3 February 2006, Commission Directive 2006/77/EC of 29 September 2006, Commission Directive 2008/76/EC of 25 July 2008 and Commission Directive 2009/8/EC of 10 February 2009, Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009, Commission Directive 2009/141/EC of 23 November 2009, Commission Directive 2010/6/EC of 9 February 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No 574/2011 of 16 June 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No 277/2012 of 28 March 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No 744/2012 of 16 August 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No 107/2013 of 5 February 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1275/2013 of 6 December 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 2015/186 of 6 February 2015 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2229 of 4 December 2017;

“product” means a product intended for animal feed, including an additive, feedingstuff or premixture.

• (9) A word or expression that is used in this Regulation and is also used in the Directive has, in this Regulation, the same meaning as it has in the Directive.

Notice of import of feed

10.

• (a) the nature and quantity of animal feed including its GM and Organic Status,

• (b) the place where it is intended to bring the animal feed into the State,

• (c) the date and time that the animal feed is to be brought into the State,

and the animal feed is brought into the State in accordance with the notice.

• (2) A person who gives notice under paragraph (1) shall advise the Minister of any change of circumstances relating to the importation or proposed importation of the animal feed to which the notice relates within 24 hours of becoming aware of the change and at least 24 hours before the product enters the State.

Records

11.

• (2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), where a record relates to food of animal origin and the shelf life of the food is greater than 3 years, the record shall be maintained for the period of the shelf life of the food.

Forgery including fraudulent or deceptive activity

12.

• (a) a document or record referred to in Article 5(2)(g) or (4), or Part III of Annex I to, Regulation No 852/2004,

• (b) a health mark or identification mark referred to in Article 5 of Regulation No 853/2004,

• (c) documentation or certification referred to in Article 6(4) of Regulation No 853/2004,

• (d) a certificate or document referred to in Article 7 of Regulation No 853/2004,

• (e) a form or document referred to in Article 3 of Regulation No 931/2011,

• (f) a certificate referred to in Article 88 of Regulation No 2017/625,

• (g) an attestation referred to in Article 91 of Regulation No 2017/625 or a private attestation,

• (h) an entry in the register of food businesses or register of feed businesses, a food business approval, a feed business approval, a record purporting to be maintained under Regulation 11, a requirement or direction of an authorised officer under Regulation 14 (if the requirement or direction is in writing), a compliance notice or notice under Regulation 29, a certificate or other document purporting to be issued, granted or given under these Regulations,

(in this Regulation referred to as “a forged document”).

• (2) A person shall not alter with intent to defraud or deceive, or to utter knowing it to be so altered—

• (a) a document or record referred to in Article 5(2)(g) or (4), or Part III of Annex I to, Regulation No 852/2004,

• (b) a health mark or identification mark referred to in Article 5 of Regulation No 853/2004,

• (c) documentation or certification referred to in Article 6(4) of Regulation No 853/2004,

• (d) a certificate or document referred to in Article 7 of Regulation No 853/2004,

• (e) a form or document referred to in Article 3 of Regulation No 931/2011,

• (f) a certificate referred to in Article 88 of Regulation No 2017/625,

• (g) an attestation referred to in Article 91 of Regulation No 2017/625 or a private attestation,

• (h) an entry in the register of food businesses or register of feed businesses, a feed business approval, a food business approval, a record purporting to be maintained under Regulation 11, a requirement or direction of an authorised officer under Regulation 14 (if the requirement or direction is in writing), a compliance notice or notice under Regulation 29, a certificate or other document purporting to be issued, granted or given under these Regulations,

(in this Regulation referred to as “an altered document”).

• (3) A person shall not have, without lawful authority, in his or her possession or under his or her control a forged document or an altered document.

• (4) A person, either directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or with another person shall not knowingly-

• (a) sell or supply food or feed to another food business operator, feed business operator or member of the general public where the marketing, indication or labelling of such food or feed is false, deceptive or misleading or is likely to create an erroneous impression about the character, composition, quality, origin, value or authenticity of such food or feed,

• (b) make false, incorrect or incomplete statements to deceive or attempt to deceive in relation to the character, composition, quality, origin, value or authenticity of food or feed, or

• (c) contravene the marketing standards relating to food or feed including the marketing standards referred to in Articles 73 to 91 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

• (5) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (4), a person shall not knowingly misrepresent the status of a food or feed in relation to, but not limited to, its nature, identity, properties, composition, quantity, durability, content, freshness, provenance, method of production or manufacture, organics, genetic modification, membership of a quality assurance scheme or where the food derived from an animal or plant, the species or variety of animal or plant the food derived from.

Appointment of authorised officer

13.

• (2) The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht may appoint in writing such persons or classes of persons as he or she considers appropriate to be authorised officers for the exercise of all or any of the functions conferred on an authorised officer under these Regulations, as specified in the appointment.

• (3) The chief executive of a local authority may appoint in writing such persons or classes of persons as he or she considers appropriate to be authorised officers for the exercise of all or any of the functions conferred on an authorised officer under these Regulations, as specified in the appointment.

• (4) The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority may appoint in writing such persons or classes of persons as it considers appropriate to be authorised officers for the exercise of all or any of the functions conferred on an authorised officer under these Regulations, as specified in the appointment.

• (5) The Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive may appoint in writing such persons or classes of persons as he or she considers appropriate to be authorised officers for the exercise of all or any of the functions conferred on an authorised officer under these Regulations, as specified in the appointment.

• (6) The Minister, Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the chief executive of a local authority, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority or the Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive may terminate the appointment of an authorised officer appointed by him or her, whether or not the appointment was for a fixed period or specified purpose.

• (7) An appointment as an authorised officer ceases—

• (a) if it is terminated pursuant to paragraph (6),

• (b) if it is for a fixed period, on the expiry of that period,

• (c) if it is for a specified purpose, on the completion of that purpose, or

• (d) if the person appointed is an officer of the Minister, Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, a local authority, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority or the Health Service Executive upon the person ceasing to be such an officer.

• (8) Nothing in paragraph (7) is to be construed so as to prevent the Minister, the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the chief executive of a local authority, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority or the Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive from reappointing as an authorised officer a person to whom that paragraph relates.

• (9) An authorised officer appointed under this Regulation shall be furnished with a warrant of his or her appointment and, when exercising a power conferred on him or her, the officer, an authorised officer within the meaning of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 , an authorised officer within the meaning of the Act of 1998, an authorised officer within the meaning of the European Communities (Marketing Standards for eggs) Regulations 2009, a sea-fisheries protection officer (within the meaning of section 16 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 ), an officer of Customs and Excise or a member of the Garda Síochána shall, if requested by a person affected, produce the warrant or evidence that he or she is such an officer or member to the person.

Functions of authorised officer

14.

• (a) enter and inspect, at all reasonable times, any premises if he or she is carrying out an official control or other official activity for the purposes of these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed or where he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that—

• (i) an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates is, may be or has been present,

• (ii) a record relating to an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates is, may be or has been present,

• (iii) equipment, machinery, a vehicle, a vessel or other thing used in connection with an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates is, may be or has been present,

• (b) examine an animal, animal product, equipment, machinery or other thing used in connection with an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates,

• (c) require the name and address of the owner, or person in possession or control of an animal, animal product, equipment, machinery, a document, a vehicle or a vessel used in connection with an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates, or require details of place of departure, journey or destination,

• (d) inspect a vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft, a railway wagon, a container, equipment, machinery, a computerised information management system or other thing used in connection with an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates and require the person in charge or control of such to refrain from moving it,

• (e) require the owner, person in possession or control of any premises, equipment, machinery, a computerised information management system, a vehicle, a vessel or other thing used in connection with an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates, to produce to the officer such records (and in the case of a record stored in non-legible form, produce to him or her a copy in a legible form) that are in the person’s possession or procurement, or under the person’s control, as the officer may reasonably require,

• (f) inspect and take copies of any record (including a legible reproduction of one stored in non-legible form) or extracts from the record that the officer finds or is produced to him or her during an inspection,

• (g) make a record, including by means of writing, sound recording, photograph, video or other means,

• (h) take, without making a payment, samples from an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates, or any article, substance or liquid as he or she may reasonably require and carry out or cause to be carried out on the samples such tests, analyses, examinations or inspections as he or she considers necessary or expedient and mark or otherwise identify it,

• (i) obtain samples of an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates by way of anonymously placed orders or mystery shopping, whether in person, remotely or over the internet, and carry out or cause to be carried out on the samples such tests, analyses, examinations or inspections as he or she considers necessary or expedient and mark or otherwise identify it.

• (2) An authorised officer may require a person to give information regarding the ownership and identity of an animal, animal product, food, feed, equipment, machinery, a vehicle, a vessel or other thing used in connection with an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates as is in the person’s knowledge or procurement.

• (3) Where an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that—

• (a) a premises is entered in the register of feed businesses or register of food businesses, is subject to a feed business approval or a food business approval, is the subject of an application for registration or approval, is required to be registered or approved or is ancillary to a premises registered or approved, subject to an application for registration or approval or required to be registered or approved,

• (b) an offence is being or has been committed under these Regulations, or

• (c) evidence of an offence to which subparagraph (b) relates may be, is or has been on any land or premises, or in a vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft, a railway wagon, a container, equipment or machinery,

the officer may, in addition to the powers exercisable by him or her under paragraph (1):

• (i) search the land or premises;

• (ii) search the vehicle, vessel, aircraft, railway wagon, container, equipment or machinery (including any computerised information management system);

• (iii) require a person in charge or control of the vehicle, vessel, aircraft, railway wagon, container, equipment or machinery to—

• (I) refrain from moving it, or move it to a location where it may be searched,

• (II) give information regarding its place of departure, journey or destination, and

• (III) where the equipment or machinery is part of a computerised information management system, provide assistance (including passwords) to enable access to such devices or systems;

• (iv) seize and detain an animal, animal product, food or feed and mark or otherwise identify it;

• (v) detain the vehicle, vessel, aircraft, railway wagon, equipment, machinery or container for such reasonable period necessary for the purposes of permitting an inspection or a search under this Regulation either at the place where it was first detained or require it to be moved to such other location as the authorised officer requires;

• (vi) remove any equipment or machinery or books, documents or records and detain them for such reasonable period necessary for the purpose of his or her functions under these Regulations;

• (vii) give such direction to a person who has an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates, or who has equipment, machinery, vehicle or vessel or other thing used in connection with an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates in his or her possession or under his or her control or who has information relating to such, as the authorised officer may reasonably consider necessary for the purposes of these Regulations.

• (4) An authorised officer shall not enter, except with the consent of the occupier, a private dwelling unless he or she has obtained a search warrant under Regulation 15 other than where he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that before a search warrant could be sought in relation to the dwelling under Regulation 15, any evidence of an offence referred to in paragraph (3)(b) is being or is likely to be disposed of or destroyed.

• (5) An authorised officer, when exercising a function under this Regulation, may be accompanied by other persons and may take with him or her, or those persons may take with them, any equipment or materials to assist the officer in the exercise of the function.

• (6) An authorised officer may use reasonable force, if necessary, to exercise his or her functions under these Regulations.

• (7) Where, in the course of exercising a function under these Regulations, an authorised officer finds or comes into possession of anything that the officer has reasonable grounds for believing to be evidence of an offence or suspected offence under these Regulations, the officer may seize and retain it for use in evidence in proceedings for an offence under these Regulations.

• (8) An authorised officer is not liable in any proceedings for anything done in the purported exercise of his or her powers under these Regulations if the court is satisfied that the act was done in good faith and that there were reasonable grounds for doing it.

• (9) A member of the Garda Síochána may stop a vehicle or vessel, for the purposes of these Regulations and may require it to be moved for inspection to such place as he or she directs.

• (10) A person who has—

• (a) an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates, or

• (b) equipment, machinery, a vehicle, a vessel or other thing used in connection with an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates in his or her possession or under his or her control, or information or a record relating to any of them, shall give such—

• (i) assistance to an authorised officer, or person who accompanies the officer, and

• (ii) information to an authorised officer on request being made, in that behalf by the officer, as the officer may reasonably require for the exercise of his or her functions under these Regulations.

• (11) The owner or person in charge of any premises used in connection with an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates shall, if required by an authorised officer, where it is practicable and possible, provide suitable equipment or facilities or a suitable part of the plant or establishment for the officer to carry out his or her functions under these Regulations.

• (12) An authorised officer may require a person to give to the officer such information as is in the person’s power or procurement as regards any premises specified by the officer including—

• (a) whether or not the premises is used, either partly or wholly, for or in connection with an animal, animal product, food, feed or other thing to which these Regulations or the European legislation on food and feed relates,

• (b) the name of the owner, occupier or person who is in charge of the premises, and

• (c) whether or not the premises is let and, if let, the name and address of the person to whom, and the period of time for which, it is let.

• (13) Nothing in section 17 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 prevents an authorised officer from exercising a function conferred on him or her by these Regulations.

Search warrant

15.

• (a) evidence of or relating to the commission or intended commission of an offence under these Regulations is to be found on a premises,

• (b) there is or was feed, food or equipment or other thing made, used or adapted for use (including manufacture and transport) in connection with feed or food, or

• (c) a document or other record related to a thing to which subparagraph (a) refers is or may be on the premises,

the judge may issue a search warrant.

• (2) A search warrant under this Regulation shall be expressed and operate to authorise a named authorised officer, accompanied by such authorised officers or other persons as the named authorised officer thinks necessary, at any time, within one month from the date of issue of the warrant, on production if so requested of the warrant, to enter (if necessary by use of reasonable force) the premises, vehicle, vessel or aircraft named in the warrant.