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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-control-of-irradiation-regulations-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-control-of-irradiation-regulations-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2490",
  "legislation_title": "The Food (Control of Irradiation) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-control-of-irradiation-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 10th December 1990\nLaid before Parliament 11th December 1990\nComing into force\nfor purposes relating to food other than poultry 1st January 1991\nfor purposes relating to poultry 13th February 1991\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4(1), 6(4), 16(1) and (3), 18(1), 19(1)(b), 26, 45 and 48(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 4(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, after consultation in accordance with section 48 of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2490/introduction",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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