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| (1) The Minister may approve any Medical Officer of Health, Food and Drugs Inspector, Food Inspector, Public Health Inspector and, in relation to examination and seizure of meat, any Veterinary Surgeon to be an Authorized Officer of a Food Authority. |
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| (2) Where the Food Authority is the Excise Commissioner or the Principal Collector of Customs, any person authorized in writing by the Excise Commissioner or the Principal Collector, as the case may be, shall be an Authorized Officer of that Food Authority. |
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| (3) Every Authorized Officer shall exercise the powers of a police officer in terms of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, for the purpose of discharging his functions under this Act. |
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