Article 28 of the Saudi Food Law

This article deals with what follows the analysis of a sample. It extends Article 27, which gives the Authority the right to take samples and analyze them.

If the results of the sample analysis show a violation of the provisions of the Law and its regulations:

1. The Authority issues a report to that effect; this is mandatory in the wording of the text.
2. The Authority may take the necessary measures in light of the report's results; this is a power the Authority exercises at its discretion.
3. One of these measures, as the text expressly states, is notifying the food establishment.

The article does not specify the other possible measures, so no particular kind should be inferred from this text alone. It comes after Article 27, which gives the Authority the right to take samples free of charge and analyze them in its laboratories or registered laboratories, so the report here rests on that analysis. It is followed by Article 29, which allows the Authority to adopt the appropriate preventive approach to ensure food safety.

The importance of the report is that it documents the analysis result on which the measures are based, which matters to the establishment if it wants to understand the violation or challenge it. In that case it can consult a lawyer specializing in administrative cases.