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Power to enter and seize uwnwholesome food.— (1) The Health Officer, or a Health or Sanitary Inspector of the local authority or of any of the local authorities concerned, or any officer of the Government or of any such local authority appointed by the Government in this behalf, may— (a) enter and inspect any building or shop in the fair or festival centre, which is a source of food supply, (b) for the purpose of inspection, have access to any source of water supply on such centre or within such distance therefrom as the Government may, by general or special order, determine; and (c) seize any food prepared or offered for sale or stored or in course of transit within the fair or festival centre which he has reason to believe is unwhole- some or unfit for human consumption, and destroy the same forthwith, if in his opinion such food is of a perishable nature or the value thereof does not exceed ten rupees. (2) (a) Any officer seizing any food under clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall, if it is not destroyed under that clause, report the seizure to such authority or person as may be prescribed in that behalf. (b) If the authority or person aforesaid is of opinion that the food is unwholesome or unfit for human consumption, such authority or person may, by order in writing, direct the food to be destroyed; and any expenses incurred in this behalf (including the cost, if any, of analysing the food or sample thereof), shall be recoverable from the person from whom the food was seized, as if it were an arrear of land revenue. (c) If the authority or person aforesaid is of opinion that such food is wholesome and fit for human con- sumption, the food shall be returned to the person 119 from whom it was seized; and the cost, if any, of analysing the food or a sample thereof shall be borne by the local authorities concerned.