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The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (England) Amendment No. 4 Order 1990
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The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (England) Order 1987 contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent the human consumption of food which has been or which may have been rendered unsuitable for that purpose in consequence of the escape of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the USSR.
This Order excepts from the prohibition on slaughter throughout the United Kingdom any sheep, and from the prohibition on supply throughout the United Kingdom any meat derived from such a sheep, identified by an apricot paint mark and which has been moved in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 on or before 29th July 1990.
The Order also excepts from the prohibition on slaughter throughout the United Kingdom any sheep, and from the prohibition on supply throughout the United Kingdom any meat derived from such a sheep, identified by a blue paint mark on or after 1st October 1990 which has been marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland or Wales or the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.
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