Food Law

Question 1

The Food Standards Agency covers?

Answer 1

England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Question 2

From which statutory body did Food Standards Scotland inherit responsibility for, inter alia, (amongst other things) food safety and in which year did this occur?

Answer 2

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.

Question 3

One of these is incorrect. Under s.23 of the Food (Scotland) Act 2015 Food Standards Scotland has authority to

Answer 3

monitor best practice by Sheriffs in hearing food standards cases in court

Question 4

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended) provides that

Answer 4

all EU law in force on the 31st December 2020 gets converted into UK law, and continues in force as UK law from the 1st January 2021 until amended by UK law.

Question 5

Breaches of the animal feeding stuffs provisions in the Food (Scotland) Act 2015 means that

Answer 5

you could be imprisoned for a period of more than 2 years.

Question 6

Under the Food (Scotland) Act 2015 a compliance notice requires the person to whom it addressed

Answer 6

to take steps to ensure that they cease to commit a relevant offence.

Question 7

Under s.7 of the Food Safety Act 1990 the offence of rendering food injurious to health does not include

Answer 7

changing the label on the food.

Question 8

In Scotland food inspectors can

Answer 8

inspect food and premises at all reasonable times.

Question 9

Time limits for prosecutions under the Food Safety Act 1990 are

Answer 9

three years from the commission of the offence or one year from its discovery by the prosecutor.

Question 10

The National Food Crime Unit is part of the

Answer 10

UK’s Food Standard’s Agency.

Question 11

Theft covers the illegal taking of intellectual property. True or false?

Answer 11

False

Question 12

One of the following is incorrect. The crime of unlawful processing usually involves

Answer 12

taking for a nefarious purpose.

Question 13

The EEA is

Answer 13

EU + Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

Question 14

In James Paton (1858) 3 Irv. 208 it was held that

Answer 14

distorting the appearances of bulls at an agricultural show was fraud.

Question 15

One of these is incorrect. Under Article 8 of Regulation 1169/2011 a list of mandatory particulars include

Answer 15

The gross quantity of the food.

Question 16

Under Article 19 of Regulation 1169/2011 lists of ingredients is needed for

Answer 16

Sliced and packed turnips.

Question 17

The Harmonised Nomenclature is

Answer 17

A way of naming goods using numbers devised by the World Customs Organisation.

Question 18

Hygiene emergency prohibition notices are applied for by authorised officers and imposed by the Sheriff Court under Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006 only if there is

Answer 18

An Imminent risk of injury to health.

Question 19

Due diligence means

Answer 19

Having taken all reasonable precautions and made all usual checks.

Question 20

One of these statements is incorrect. Under paragraph 14 of the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006, dealing with the power of entry, an authorised officer may

Answer 20

Destroy any records found on the premises.