Provisions as to suspected food

(1) If the medical officer of health of a district has reasonable ground for suspecting that any food of which he, or any other officer of the local authority of the district, has procured a sample under this Act is likely to cause food poisoning, he may give notice to the person in charge of the food that, until his investigations are completed, the food, or any specified portion thereof, is not to be used for human consumption and either is not to be removed, or is not to be removed except to some place specified in the notice. 35 (2) A person who uses or removes any food in contravention of the requirements of a notice given under sub-section (1), commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. (3) If, as a result of his investigations, the medical officer is satisfied that the food in question or any portion thereof, is likely to cause food poisoning, he may deal with it as food falling within section 13(1), (2) and (3), but, if he is satisfied that it may safely be used for human consumption, he shall forthwith withdraw his notice. (4) If a notice given under sub-section (1) is withdrawn by the medical officer of health, or if the magistrate before whom any food is brought under this section refuses to condemn it, the local authority shall compensate the owner of the food to which the notice related for any depreciation in its value resulting from the action taken by the medical officer, the amount of such compensation being fixed by the magistrate of the district upon application by the owner of such food.