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FOOD ACT 2003 - SECT 60
Prohibition order
(1) If the Food Authority or an enforcement agency believes, on reasonable
grounds-- (a) that any of the circumstances specified in section 57 (a), (b),
(c) or (d) exist, and
(b) that-- (i) the proprietor of a food business has
not complied with an improvement notice within the time required by section 58
for compliance, or
(ii) the issue of the order is necessary to prevent or
mitigate a serious danger to public health,
the Food Authority or the
enforcement agency may serve a prohibition order on the proprietor of the
food business in accordance with this Part.
(2) A prohibition order is to
take the form of an order that-- (a) no food intended for sale is to be
handled on specified premises or a specified part of specified premises, or
(b) no food intended for sale is to be conveyed in a specified vehicle, or
(c) specified equipment is not to be used in connection with food intended for
sale, or
(d) no food intended for sale is to be handled by a food business in
a specified way or for a specified purpose,
until the proprietor of the
food business has been given a certificate of clearance stating that the
premises, part of the premises, vehicle or equipment may be used for the
handling or conveyance of food intended for sale, or for use in connection
with such food, or that the food may be handled in the specified way or for
the specified purpose, as the case may be.
(3) A prohibition order is to
state that it is issued under this section.
(4) The Food Authority or person
that made the order must give a certificate of clearance if, after an
inspection of the premises, part of the premises, vehicle or equipment, or the
way of handling food, specified in the prohibition order, the Food Authority
or person finds, by the Food Authority's or person's own inspection or the
report of an authorised officer, that-- (a) the premises, part of the
premises, vehicle or equipment, or the handling of food by the food business
in the specified way or for the specified purpose, is not a serious danger to
public health, and
(b) the person on whom the prohibition order was served
has complied with the prohibition order and any improvement notices served on
the person.
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