The Food (Animals and Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) Order 1999

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Food (Animals and Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 5th June 1999.

(2) In this Order–

“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

“animal” includes any bird;

“the Commission Decision” means the Commission Decision 1999/363/EC on protective measures with regards to contamination by dioxins of certain animal products intended for human or animal consumption(1);

“dairy products” means raw milk, heat-treated drinking milk and milk based products as defined by Council Directive 92/46/EEC(2) as amended;

“free circulation” shall be construed in accordance with Article 23.2 of the Treaty establishing the European Community;

“member State” means a member State of the European Community other than Belgium or the United Kingdom;

“port health authority” includes a port local authority and a joint port local authority; and

“relevant animal or animal product” means–

(a)

live animals and hatching eggs as referred to in Article 3 of the Commission Decision save for any animal which is not a food source; and

(b)

products of Belgian origin covered by Article 1.2 of the Commission Decision save for any product which is not food,

and also includes pork, beef and dairy products of Belgian origin which is derived from an animal reared in Belgium as it includes poultry meat derived from domestic fowl reared there.

(1)

OJ No. L141, 4.6.1999, p. 24.

(2)

OJ No. L268, 14.9.92, p.1, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.