Food and Drug Regulations

A.01.050 When taking a sample of an article under paragraph 23(2)(i) of the Act, an inspector shall inform the owner of the article or the person from whom the sample is being obtained of the inspector’s intention to submit the sample or a part of it to an analyst for analysis or examination, and

• (a) where, in the opinion of the inspector, division of the procured quantity would not interfere with analysis or examination

  • (i) divide the quantity into three parts,

  • (ii) identify the three parts as the owner’s portion, the sample, and the duplicate sample and where only one part bears the label, that part shall be identified as the sample,

  • (iii) seal each part in such a manner that it cannot be opened without breaking the seal, and

  • (iv) deliver the part identified as the owner’s portion to the owner or the person from whom the sample was obtained and forward the sample and the duplicate sample to an analyst for analysis or examination; or

• (b) where, in the opinion of the inspector, division of the procured quantity would interfere with analysis or examination

  • (i) identify the entire quantity as the sample,

  • (ii) seal the sample in such a manner that it cannot be opened without breaking the seal, and

  • (iii) forward the sample to an analyst for analysis or examination.