# Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: N.I.

FOOD
Made 13th November 1997
Coming into operation 8th December 1997
Whereas it appears to the Department of Agriculture acting as the Department concerned that it is necessary or expedient—
(a) for the purposes of ensuring that food complies with food safety requirements or in the interests of public health; or
(b) for the purposes of protecting or promoting the interests of consumers,
to make the following Regulations;
Now therefore, that Department, being the Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1), (2) and (3), 16(1), 18(1), 25, 26(3), 44, 47(2) and 48(2) of, and paragraphs 5, 6(1)(a) and 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and of every power enabling it in that behalf, and being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation, in accordance with Article 47(3) of the said Order of 1991, with such organisations that appear to it to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations (in so far as the Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the said provisions of the said Order of 1991), hereby makes the following Regulations:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/494/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/introduction
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