# The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Amendment Order 1989, Note: 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 the supply throughout the United Kingdom any meat derived from such 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 8th January 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/655/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-amendment-order-1989/note
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