section 132
Power to enter and seize unwholesome food
The Madhya Pradesh Public Health Act, 1949Health1949155 sections
Statutory text
- (1) The Health Officer, or a Health or Sanitary Inspector of the local authority or of any of the local authorities concerned, or any officer of the Government or of any such local authority appointed by the Government in this behalf, may--
- (a) enter and inspect any building or shop in the fair or festival centre, which is a source of food supply;
- (b) for the purpose of inspection, have access to any source of water-supply on such centre or within such distance therefrom as the Govermrnt may, by general or special order, determine; and
- (c) seize any food prepared or offered for sale or stored or in course of transit within the fair or festival centre which, he has reason to belive, is unwholesome or unfit for human consumption, and destory the same forthwith, if in his opinion, such food is of a perishable nature or the value thereof does not exceed three rupees. (2)
- (a) Any officer seizing any food under clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall, if it is not destroyed under that clause, report the seizure to such authority or person as may be prescribed.
- (b) If the authority or person aforesaid is of opinion that the food is unwholesome or unfit for human consumption, such authority or person may, by order in writing, direct the food to be destroyed and any expenses incurred in this behalf (including the costs, if any, of analysing the food or a sample thereof shall be recoverable from the person from whom the food was seized, as if it were a tax due from him to the local authority or any of the local authorities concerned.
- (c) If the authority or the person aforeresaid is of opinion that such food is wholesome and fit for human consumption, the food shall be returned to the person from whom it was seized, and the cost, if any, of analysing the food or a sample thereof shall be borne by the local authority or local authorities concerned.
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