FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 5 Power of Ministry to obtain particulars of certain food ingredients.

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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 5

Power of Ministry to obtain particulars of certain food ingredients.

5.(1) For the purpose of enabling the Ministry to exercise the functions
conferred by section four, the Ministry may by order require every person who,
at the date of the order or at any subsequent time, carries on a business
which includes the production or use of substances of any class specified in
the order to furnish to the Ministry, within such time as may be so specified,
such particulars as may be so specified of the composition and use of any such
substance sold in the course of that business for use in the preparation of
food for human consumption or used for that purpose in the course of that
business.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (1), an order made
thereunder may require the following particulars to be furnished in respect of
any substance, that is to say

(a)particulars of the composition and chemical formula of the substance;

(b)particulars of the manner in which the substance is used or proposed to be
used in the preparation of food;

(c)particulars of any investigations or inquiries carried out by or to the
knowledge of the person carrying on the business in question, for the purpose
of determining whether and to what extent the substance, or any product formed
when the substance is used as aforesaid, is injurious to, or in any other way
affects, health;

(d)particulars of any investigations or inquiries carried out by or to the
knowledge of the person carrying on the business in question for the purpose
of determining the cumulative effect on the health of a person consuming such
substance in ordinary quantities.

(3) Particulars furnished in accordance with an order under this section, or
information relating to any individual business obtained by means of such
particulars, shall not, without the previous consent in writing of the person
carrying on the business in question, be disclosed except

(a)in accordance with directions of the Ministry, so far as may be necessary
for the purposes of section four or of any corresponding enactment for the
time being in force in England and Wales or Scotland; or

(b)for the purposes of any prosecution for an offence under the order or of
any report of such prosecution;

(4) A person who discloses any particulars or information in contravention of
sub-section (3) shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

(5) An order made under this section shall be subject to negative resolution.

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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 5