s 6 Power to demand and select and take or obtain samples
6.—(1) On payment or tender to any person selling or manufacturing any food or food contact article or to that person’s agent or employee of the current market value of samples of the food or food contact article, any authorised officer may at any place demand and select and take or obtain such samples for the purpose of analysis or examination.[48/2017] (2) Any such authorised officer may require that person or that person’s agent or employee to show and permit the inspection of the package in which the food or food contact article is at the time kept, and may take therefrom the samples demanded.[48/2017] (3) Where any food or food contact article is kept for retail sale in an unopened package, a person must not be required by any authorised officer to sell less than the whole of the contents of that package.[48/2017] (4) Any person who refuses or neglects to comply with any demand or requisition made by an authorised officer under this section shall be guilty of an offence.