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

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under section 13 of the Food Safety Act 1990 in consequence of it appearing to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to animals and animal products originating from Belgium may involve imminent risk of injury to health.

The Order also provides for the implementation in Great Britain, in relation to food and food sources, of the Commission Decision of 3rd June 1999 on protective measures with regards to contamination by dioxins of certain animal products intended for human or animal consumption in so far as that Decision affects animals and animal products for human consumption.

The Order–

(a) defines “relevant animal or animal product” and prohibits the carrying out of commercial operations with respect thereto (articles 1 and 2);

(b) specifies the enforcement authorities (article 3); and

(c) applies, with modifications, provisions of the 1990 Act (article 4).

Contravention of the Order is an offence under section 13(2) of the 1990 Act.

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in relation to this Order.