# The Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) Regulations 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide for the implementation in Great Britain, in relation to animal consumption, of the Commission Decision of 3rd June 1999 on protective measures with regards to contamination by dioxins of certain animal products intended for human or animal consumption.
The Regulations–
(a) define “controlled entity” and prohibit the carrying out of specified operations with respect thereto (regulations 1 and 2);
(b) specify the enforcement authorities (regulation 3); and
(c) apply, with modifications, provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (regulation 4).
Contravention of the regulation 2 prohibitions is an offence punishable on summary conviction by a maximum fine of level 5 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a maximum of three months (regulation 2(3)).
No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1543/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animal-feedingstuffs-from-belgium-control-regulations-1999/note
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