(1) On receipt of an information from the Feed Safety Assurance Officer regarding any gross violation of the provisions of this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder, the Feed Safety Enforcement Officer shall direct the Feed Safety Assurance Officer to seal the premises or part thereof used by the licensee for preparation, manufacture or production, packing, storage and sale of livestock feed, poultry feed and mineral mixture or seize them for a period not exceeding seventy two hours for the purpose of preservation or collection of material evidence or for securing the materials in a proper way.
(2) The Feed Safety Enforcement Officer shall be the custodian of the samples of livestock feed, poultry feed or mineral mixture collected for testing, under clause (b) of section 16 of this Act.
(3) The Feed Safety Enforcement Officer shall have the responsibility to recommend to initiate steps against the offences in violation of the provisions of this Act as gross violation or continued violation as the case may be.