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ACT VI OF 2014 ACT VI OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN FOOD AUTHORITY ACT, 2014 An Act to provide for the safety and standards of food and for establishment of Balochistan Food Authority. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 7th February, 2014] CHAPTER II ESTABLISHMENT OF FOOD AUTHORITY 13. Powers of Food Safety Officer.---(1) A Food Safety Officer may-- (a) take sample of any food or any substance, which appears to him to be intended for sale, or has been sold as food; (b) seize any food, apparatus or utensil which appears to the Food Safety Officer to be in contravention of this Act, the rules or the regulations; (c) enter or seal any premises where he believes any food is prepared, preserved, packaged, stored, conveyed, distributed or sold, examine any such food and examine anything that he believes is used, or capable of being used for such preparation, preservation, packaging, storing, conveying, distribution or sale; (d) open and examine any package which, he believes, to contain any food; (e) examine any book or documents with respect to any food and make copies of or take extracts from the book or document; (f) demand the production of the identity card, the business registration certificate, license or any other relevant document from a food operator; (g) mark, seal or otherwise secure, weigh, count or measure any food or appliance; and (h) search and seize any vehicle carrying food. (2) A Food Safety Officer shall prepare a statement describing the food, apparatus, utensil or vehicle seized and shall deliver a copy of the statement to the person from whom it is seized or, if such person is not present, send such copy to him by mail. (3) A person claiming back anything seized under subsection (1) may, within seven days of the seizure, apply to the Court and the Court may confirm such seizure, wholly or in part, or may order that it be restored to the claimant. (4) If the court confirms the seizure of the food, apparatus or utensil, it shall be forfeited to the Food Authority or the Court may direct that such food, apparatus, utensil may be destroyed at the cost of the owner or person in whose possession it was found. (5) If an application is not made within seven days under sub- section (3), the food, apparatus or utensil seized, shall be forfeited to the Food Authority. (6) Any person may make an application in writing to the Food Safety Officer asking him to purchase a sample of any food from a food operator and get it analyzed from the public analyst.