—(1) The Director-General or an authorised officer may, for the purpose of enforcing these Rules, do all or any of the following:
(a)
stop any vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe is being used to transport any meat product and inspect any transport container that is in or on, or that forms part of, such vehicle;
(b)
direct the owner or person in charge of such vehicle to take the transport container or the vehicle (as the case requires) to such place as the Director-General or authorised officer may specify in order that a proper inspection of the transport container may be carried out thereat;
(c)
take (without payment) reasonable samples of any meat product as may be found in the transport container and subject such samples to such examination as the Director-General or authorised officer thinks fit in order to ascertain whether the meat product has become contaminated, adulterated or otherwise unfit for human consumption as a result of any contravention or failure to comply with these Rules;
(d)
take such measures or give such directions as are reasonable and necessary to prevent the sale, distribution or disposition of any meat product from which any sample has been taken under sub-paragraph (c) pending the outcome of the examination of such sample.
(2) Where any person to whom a direction is given under paragraph (1)(
b) or (
d) fails to comply with that direction —
(a)
that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000; and
(b)
the Director-General or authorised officer may cause such action to be taken as is required by the direction and may recover any costs and expenses reasonably incurred by him from that person.