The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Dioxins) (England) Order 1992

Order made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to be laid before Parliament under section 1(8) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament within twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the Order was made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution, prorogation or adjournment for more than four days.

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 849

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Dioxins) (England) Order 1992

Made

19th March 1992

To be laid before Parliament

27th April 1992

Coming into force

20th March 1992

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1) and 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, being of the opinion that there exist or may exist circumstances which are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food and that in consequence food which is derived or may be in the future derived from creatures and crops in the area described in the following Order, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

1985 c. 48; section 1 was amended by section 51 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16), and section 24(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to that Act; section 1(2) defines “designating authority” and section 24(1) defines “the Ministers”.