Meat (Sterilisation and Staining) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1998 No. 69

FOOD

Food Hygiene

Meat (Sterilisation and Staining) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made

4th March 1998

Coming into operation

1st April 1998

Whereas it appears to the Department of Agriculture acting as the Department concerned that it is necessary or expedient—

(a) for the purpose of ensuring that food complies with food safety requirements and in the interests of public health; and

(b) for the purpose of protecting or promoting the interests of consumers,

to make the following Regulations;

Now therefore, the said Department concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 15(1) and (3) and 47(2) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(1) and of every power enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation, in accordance with Article 47(3) of the said Order, with such organisations as appear to it to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1933 (N.I 12). See Article 2(2) for the definitions of “the Department concerned” and “regulations”