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Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Powers and enforcement - Directions by chief executive

279: Give directions on seized imported food or food-related accessory

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"What to do with seized imported food or accessories that are not allowed"

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The chief executive can tell you to get rid of imported food or a food-related accessory that has been seized and detained under section 306 or recalled under section 284. You have to dispose of it in the way the chief executive says. You must do what the chief executive tells you to do with the seized food or accessory. The chief executive will tell you how to get rid of it.

If the chief executive seizes and detains imported food or an accessory, you have to pay for the costs of doing so if you are the importer. The chief executive will ask you to pay these costs, and you must pay them. If you do not pay, the chief executive can take you to court to get the money.

You also have to pay for getting rid of the seized food or accessory. This is an extra cost that you must pay as the importer. You have to pay this cost yourself.

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Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Powers and enforcement: Directions by chief executive

279Give directions on seized imported food or food-related accessory

  1. The chief executive may give a person a direction to—

  2. dispose of imported food or an imported food-related accessory seized and detained under section 306 or recalled under section 284; and
    1. carry out the disposal in the manner the chief executive specifies.

      1. All costs reasonably incurred in the seizure and detention—

      2. must be paid by the importer on demand by the chief executive; and
        1. if not paid by the importer in accordance with the chief executive's demand, are recoverable from the importer in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown.

          1. To avoid doubt, all costs reasonably incurred in the disposal must be met by the importer at the importer's expense.