### Food Safety Ordinance 《食物安全條例》

15. The register
(1) The Director must keep a register of registered food importers and registered food distributors.
(2) The register must contain, in relation to each registered food importer and registered food distributor—
(a) the name of the food importation business or food distribution business;
(b) the registration number;
(c) any change in the information referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b); and
(d) any other information the Director considers appropriate for the implementation of this Ordinance and any change in that information.
(3) The register may be kept in a form the Director considers appropriate, including in a form other than a documentary form as long as the information recorded under subsection (2) is capable of being reproduced in a legible form.
(4) For the purpose of enabling members of the public to ascertain whether a person is registered under this Part, the Director must make the register available for public inspection.
(5) At all reasonable times, a member of the public may—
(a) inspect the register without charge; and
(b) obtain a copy of an entry in or extract from the register on payment of the fee specified in Schedule 3.

16. Appeals to Municipal Services Appeals Board
(1) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Director under this Part may, within 28 days after becoming aware of the decision, appeal to the Municipal Services Appeals Board against the decision.
(2) An appeal under this section does not suspend the decision unless the Director decides otherwise.

17. Updating of information
(1) A person who is a registered food importer or registered food distributor must give written notice to the Director of any change in the information provided to the Director in, or in relation to, the person’s application for registration or renewal of registration, within 30 days after the change occurs.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to give notice to the Director under subsection (1);
(b) includes in a notice information that the person knows is false in a material particular; or
(c) recklessly includes in a notice information that is false in a material particular.
(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

### Food Safety Ordinance 《食物安全條例》

18. Obtaining information from certain Authorities
(1) The Director may request a specified Authority to provide any specified information held by the specified Authority in relation to a specified authorization issued or granted by the specified Authority.
(2) A request under subsection (1) must be made in writing.
(3) A specified Authority must comply with a request of the Director under subsection (1).
(4) In this section—
specified Authority (指明當局), in relation to a specified authorization, means the person specified in column 3 of Schedule 1 opposite that authorization;
specified authorization (指明授權) means a licence, permit, permission or registration specified in column 2 of Schedule 1;
specified information (指明資料) means information that a person to whom a specified authorization is issued or granted would be required to provide to the Director in, or in relation to, an application for registration or renewal of registration under this Part if the person were required to be so registered.

19. Obtaining information from persons who are not registered
(1) The Director may require a person who carries on a food importation business or a business that supplies food in Hong Kong by wholesale but who is not registered under this Part in respect of that business to provide any information that the person would be required to provide to the Director in, or in relation to, an application for registration or renewal of registration under this Part if the person were required to be so registered.
(2) A requirement under subsection (1) must be made in writing.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1); or
(b) in purported compliance with a requirement made under subsection (1)—
(i) provides information that the person knows is false in a material particular; or
(ii) recklessly provides information that is false in a material particular.
(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (3) is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

20. Providing false information in relation to registration or renewal
(1) A person commits an offence if in, or in relation to, an application for registration or renewal of registration under this Part, the person—
(a) provides information or a document that the person knows is false in a material particular; or
(b) recklessly provides information or a document that is false in a material particular.
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

### Food Safety Ordinance 《食物安全條例》

21. Record of local acquisition of food
(1) A person who, in the course of business, acquires food in Hong Kong must record the following information about the acquisition of the food—
(a) the date the food was acquired;
(b) the name and contact details of the person from whom the food was acquired;
(c) the total quantity of the food;
(d) a description of the food.
(2) A record must be made under this section within 72 hours after the time the food was acquired.
(3) For the purposes of this section, food is acquired when the person acquiring it takes possession or control of the food.
(4) This section does not apply to a person who is exempted, or is in a class of persons that is exempted, under section 29.
(5) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to make a record in accordance with this section;
(b) includes in a record information that the person knows is false in a material particular; or
(c) recklessly includes in a record information that is false in a material particular.
(6) A person who commits an offence under subsection (5) is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 months.