{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-england-amendment-no-4-order-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1937",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (England) Amendment No. 4 Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-england-amendment-no-4-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES\nPUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND\nPUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND\nCONTAMINATION OF FOOD\nMade 22nd September 1990\nLaid before Parliament 26th September 1990\nComing into force 1st October 1990\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1), 1(2), 24(1) and 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, being of the opinion in accordance with section 1(1) of that Act that there exist or may exist circumstances which are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food and that in consequence food which is or may be in the future in the area described in Schedule 1 to the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (England) Order 1987, or which is derived or may be in the future derived from anything in that area, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 48; section 1 was amended by section 51 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16), and section 24(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to that Act; section 1(2) defines “designating authority” and section 24(1) defines “the Ministers”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1893, amended by S.I. 1988/7, 954, 1292, 1679, 1989/6, 658, 1283, 1768, 1990/31, 1121, 1494."
    }
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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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