The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Order 1988

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 11th January 1988.

(2) In this Order—

(a) “designated area” means one of the areas described in the Schedule to this Order;

(b) “sheep” means an animal of the genus Ovis of whatever age or sex.

Designated incident

2.  In the opinion of the Secretary of State food in the areas described in the Schedule to this Order, or which is derived from anything in those areas, is or may be unsuitable for human consumption in consequence of the following escape of substances:—

• the escape on or after 26th April 1986 of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the Ukraine, USSR.

Designated areas

3.  The areas described in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.

Activities prohibited in the designated areas

4.—(1) No person shall in any of the designated areas slaughter any sheep for human consumption or for use in the preparation of feeding stuffs.

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of—

(a) any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or before 27th September 1987 under section 2(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark;

(b) any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or before 27th September 1987 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a green mark;

(c) any sheep which—

(i) was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or after 28th September 1987 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark, or

(ii) was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or after 11th January 1988 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark,

and which in either case has been examined and marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers.

Restrictions on movement

5.—(1) No person shall move any sheep from any farm, agricultural holding, agricultural premises or holding in any of the designated areas.

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of—

(a) any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or before 27th September 1987 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark;

(b) any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or before 27th September 1987 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a green mark;

(c) any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or after 28th September 1987 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark;

(d) any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or after 11th January 1988 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark.

Restrictions throughout the United Kingdom

6.—(1) No person shall in the United Kingdom—

(a) slaughter for human consumption or for use in the preparation of feeding stuffs any sheep which was in a designated area described in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order at any time after 8th July 1987 or in a designated area described in Part II of that Schedule at any time after 12th August 1987; or

(b) supply, or have in possession for supply, any meat derived from a sheep or any food which contains any such meat, if that sheep was in a designated area described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order at any time after 8th July 1987 or in a designated area described in Part II of that Schedule at any time after 12th August 1987.

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of—

(a) any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or before 27th September 1987 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark;

(b) any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or before 27th September 1987 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a green mark;

(c) any sheep which—

(i) was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or after 28th September 1987 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark; or

(ii) was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given on or after 11th January 1988 under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark,

and which in either case has been examined and marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers.

Revocation

7.  The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (No.3) Order 1987(1)and the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (No.4) Order 1987(2) are hereby revoked.

N E Sharp

Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office

New St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

7th January 1988