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The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1990

S.I. 1990/1155 · Made 24 May 1990

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PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

Made 24th May 1990

Laid before Parliament 1st June 1990

Coming into force 4th June 1990

Whereas the Secretary of State is of the opinion, as mentioned in section 1(1)(a) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985f1, that there has been or may have been an escape of substances of such descriptions and in such quantities and such circumstances as are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food;

And whereas he is of the opinion, as mentioned in section 1(1)(b) of the said Act, that in consequence of the said escape of substances food which is, or may be in the future, in the areas described in the Schedule to the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Order 1989f2 or which is, or may be in the future, derived from anything in those areas is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1) and (2), and 24(1) and (3) of the said Actf3, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, he hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 48.

f2

S.I. 1989/3, amended by S.I. 1989/655, 1281 and 1764 and 1990/32.

f3

Section 24(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which this Order is made.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Partial revocation and amendment
  3. 3Partial revocation and amendment
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 4th June 1990.

2Partial revocation and amendment

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Order 1989 is revoked to the extent that it imposes prohibitions on–

(a)

the slaughter of any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 on or before 14th January 1990 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark; and

(b)

the supply or having in possession for supply of meat, or food containing meat, derived from any sheep described in paragraph (a) of this article,

and accordingly that Order is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

3Partial revocation and amendment

In article 6, for paragraph (2), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

“(2)

Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of–

(a)

any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent did not require that the sheep to which it applies should be marked;

(b)

any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or before 30th July 1989 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark;

(c)

any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or before 1st October 1989 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a green mark;

(d)

any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or before 14th January 1990 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark;

(e)

any sheep which–

(i)

was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a red mark, or

(ii)

was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or after 15th January 1990 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark,

and which in any case has been examined and marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers.”.

Signature

N.E. Sharp

Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office

St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

24th May 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Order 1989 contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food rendered unsuitable for that purpose in consequence of the escape in April 1986 of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the Ukraine, USSR.

This Order excepts from the prohibition on slaughter throughout the United Kingdom any sheep, and from the prohibition on supply throughout the United Kingdom any meat derived from such a sheep, identified by a blue paint mark and which has been moved in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 on or before 14th January 1990.