BWA- TG – INSPECTION
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
Botswana / Animal production
FEED SAFETY AND QUALITY
INSPECTION
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Section 134 (extract):
(1) The Director or a port health officer may, at any reasonable time, for proper performance of his or her duties and functions, enter any point of entry to make any inspection, or to perform any work, or do anything which is required or authorised by this Act or any other law.
Section 2 (extract):
“inspector” means a person authorised in writing by the Medicines Regulatory Board and published in the Gazette as such, to inspect pharmaceutical operations;
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Section 47:
(1) All premises where medicines or medicated feeds are stored, used, handled, dispensed, manufactured or sold, and any vehicle,transshipment, or receptacle in which medicines are transported, shall be subject to inspection with or without prior arrangement with the person in control of the premises, vehicle, transshipment or receptacle by an inspector authorised by the Authority, in writing, and such inspector shall be given unhindered access to such premises with the right to take samples of
any medicines on the premises, without payment, and to carry out any investigation that the inspector considers necessary.
(2) The licence holder of any premises referred to in subsection (1), or the person in charge of the premises, shall on demand by an inspector, provide any economic or statistical information required of the licence holder, and provide all other necessary assistance required by the inspector for the performance of the inspector’s duties.
(3) An inspector may seize medicines found on premises, a vehicle, transshipment, or receptacle where the medicines are held in contravention of the provisions of this Act.
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Section 48:
(1) The preparation of premix shall only be done at a feed mill authorised in the prescribed manner by the Authority acting in consultation with the Department of Veterinary Services, to manufacture medicated feed.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding P500 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both.
Section 49:
(1) No person shall operate a feed mill except in accordance with a licence issued by the Department
of Veterinary Services.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding
P200 000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both.
Section 66 (extract):
(1) A person who contravenes the provisions of this Act or who-
(a) prescribes any Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 medicine without being authorised by this Act;
(b) obstructs or fails to comply with any reasonable request by the Authority, in the exercise of its functions under this Act
(c) otherwise contravenes the provisions of this Act for which a penalty is not provided, commits an offence and without prejudice to the person’s liability in terms of subsection (2), is liable to a fine of P10 000, or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year, or to both.
(2) Any person who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, sells, dispenses, prescribes or advertises any medicine or other substance falsely purporting to be, or intended to or likely to induce anyone to a mistaken belief that it is a registered medicine, commits an offence and is liable to a fine of P100 000, or to imprisonment for 10 years, or to both.