Upon the passing of the Food Safety Act 1990 sections 13 and 51, and paragraphs 12 to 15 of Schedule 2 (and , so far as relating to those paragraphs, section 52) of that Act came into force.

This Order, for the purposes of section 13 (emergency control orders), brings into force, on 3rd July 1990, sections 1 to 3, 4(2), 5, 6, 7(3), 20, 21(1), (5) and (6), 22, 29, 32 to 36, 41, 42, 44, 46, 48(1) to (3), 49(1) and (3) to (5), 50, 53(1) to (4), 57 and 58(1) of that Act.

It also brings into force on that date, for the purposes of section 51 (amendment to the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985), sections 1(1) and (2) and 53(1), paragraphs 29 and 30 of Schedule 3 and, so far as relating to those paragraphs, section 59(1) of that Act.