These Regulations revoke and re-enact with changes the Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No.2). The principal changes are that —ait is provided that the introduction into Northern Ireland of certain feed and food products is prohibited and that a person who contravenes such a prohibition is guilty of an offence;bit is provided that an authorised officer of an enforcement authority must serve a notice when he proposes to place a consignment of feed or food under official detention—iin case of suspicion of non-compliance or because there is doubt as to the identity or the destination of the consignment, oriibecause the feed or food does not comply with feed or food law;cit is provided that a person who contravenes certain obligations relating to the checking of products that are introduced into Northern Ireland is guilty of an offence;dit is provided that expenses may be charged by competent authorities where they arise from additional official controls or arise in respect of co-ordinated assistance and follow-up by the European Commission; andethe definitions of “relevant feed law” and “relevant food law” in Schedules 2 and 3 respectively are revised.
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