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The Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
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- 1999 No. 261
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Explanatory Note
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These Regulations provide for the implementation in Northern Ireland, in relation to animal consumption, of the Commission Decision of 3rd June 1999 on protective measures with regards to contamination by dioxins of certain animal products intended for human or animal consumption.
The Regulations—
(a)define “controlled entity” and prohibit the carrying out of specified operations with respect thereto (regulations 2 and 3);
(b)specify the enforcement authorities (regulation 4); and
(c)apply, with modifications, provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (regulation 5).
Contravention of the regulation 3 prohibitions is an offence punishable on summary conviction by a maximum fine of level 5 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a maximum of three months (regulation 3(3)).
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