French Consumer Code

Authorised officers may carry out seizures without judicial authorisation in the case of flagrante delicto falsification or when they concern: 1° Products found to be falsified, corrupted or toxic; 2° Products found to be unfit for consumption, with the exception of products of animal origin, foodstuffs containing them and animal feedstuffs of animal origin or containing products of animal origin whose unfit for consumption can only be recognised on the…

Seizures may be made following on-site findings or laboratory testing or analysis of a sample taken.

The authorized agents draw up a seizure report, which is sent to the public prosecutor within 24 hours.

The seized products, objects or appliances shall be left in the custody of their holder or, failing that, deposited in a room designated by the authorised officers.

The authorised agents may destroy, sterilise or denature the products mentioned in 1° of article L. 512-29.These operations are recorded and justified in the seizure report.

Where the regulations provide for a procedure involving the sampling of one unit of a model and then, in the event of non-compliance, additional units of the same model, these additional units may be consigned pending the results of the test carried out on the first unit. The authorised officers shall draw up a consignment report, a copy of which shall be given to the holder of the products. The…