FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 34 Right to have samples analysed.

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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 34

Right to have samples analysed.

34.(1) If a sampling officer who has procured a sample of any food... or
substance considers that it should be analysed, he shall submit it to be
analysed by the public analyst for the [district] in which the sample was, or
is deemed to have been, procured.

(2) A person, other than a sampling officer, who has purchased any food..., or
any substance capable of being used in the preparation of food, may submit a
sample of it to be analysed by the public analyst for the [district] in which
the purchase was made.

(3) The public analyst shall analyse as soon as practicable any sample
submitted to him in pursuance of this section but may, where the sample is
submitted by a person other than an officer of the [district council], demand
in advance the payment of such fee as may be fixed by the [council].

(4) If

(a)the office of public analyst for [a district] is vacant; or

(b)the public analyst determines that he is for any reason unable to perform
an effective analysis;

(5) A public analyst, or a person approved by the Ministry for the purposes of
sub-section (4), who has analysed a sample shall give to the person who
submitted the sample a certificate, in such form as may be prescribed,
specifying the result of the analysis.

(6) A certificate given under sub-section (5) shall be signed by the
public analyst or person approved by the Ministry for the purposes of
sub-section (4), but the analysis may be made by any person acting under the
direction of that analyst or approved person.

(7) Where a sample procured by a sampling officer has been analysed by a
public analyst or a person approved by the Ministry for the purposes of
sub-section (4), any person to whom a part of the sample was given in
accordance with provisions of this Act shall be entitled, on payment of a fee
of [5p] to the [district council] by whose officer the sample was procured, to
be supplied with a copy of the certificate given under sub-section (5).

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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 34