33.11.1. The Minister may, where the Minister considers it necessary and urgent for the protection of the public in the case of a contravention of a provision of section 4 other than the provision relating to the safe use of a product, or where a product is unfit for human consumption or is so deteriorated as to be unfit for human consumption but does not constitute a health risk, by written notice notified personally to a person responsible for a packing-house, establishment, premises or vehicle or to any person who engages in the production, preparation, conditioning, packaging, storing, selling, supplying or distribution of a product, order the person to recall the product to the packing-house or establishment, to retain it, to take the appropriate corrective action or to dispose of it at the person’s expense within the time and in accordance with the conditions determined by the Minister.
The person subject to the order may apply in writing to the Minister, within the time indicated in the order, for authorization to take the appropriate corrective action.
The order takes effect when a copy of the order is given to the operator or to a person responsible for the packing-house, establishment, premises or vehicle or upon notification to either of those persons.