# The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Order 1991, Article 2: Designated circumstances

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

In the opinion of the Secretary of State food which is, or may be in the future, derived from sheep in any of the designated areas is, or may be, or may become unsuitable for human consumption in consequence of the elevated levels of radioactivity found in the designated areas following the escape on or after 26th April 1986 of radioactive substances from a nuclear powered reactor situated at Chernobyl in the Ukraine, USSR.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/20/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-radioactivity-in-sheep-order-1991/article-2
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