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Food (Peanuts from Egypt) (Emergency Control) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999
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- 1999 No. 300
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This Order is made under Article 12 of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 in consequence of it appearing to the Department of Health and Social Services that the importation of peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt may involve imminent risk of injury to health.
The Order also implements in Northern Ireland Commission Decision 1999/356/EC on the temporary suspension of imports of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt (O.J. No. L139, 2.6.1999, p. 32) (“the Commission Decision”).
The Order—
(a)defines and prohibits the importation of, “Egyptian peanuts” (Articles 1 and 3);
(b)exempts from its application Egyptian peanuts which, in accordance with Article 1.2 of the Commission Decision, have been subjected to the refining process and marked as specified therein (Article 2);
(c)specifies the enforcement authority (Article 4); and
(d)applies, with modifications, provisions of the 1991 Order (Article 5).
Contravention of the Order is an offence under Article 12(2) of the 1991 Order.
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