Tetrachloroethylene in Olive Oil (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2000 No. 186

FOOD

Tetrachloroethylene in Olive Oil (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Made

22nd May 2000

Coming into operation

3rd July 2000

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1) in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 16(2) and 47(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(2) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Tetrachloroethylene in Olive Oil (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 3rd July 2000.

Revocation and amendment

2.—(1) The Tetrachloroethylene in Olive Oil Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989(3) are hereby revoked.

(2) The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (Consequential Modifications) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991(4) is hereby amended by omitting the entries relating to the Tetrachloroethylene in Olive Oil Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 in Part I of Schedule 1, in Schedule 4 and in Schedule 10.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 22nd May 2000.

L.S.

Don Hill

Senior Officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations revoke the Tetrachloroethylene in Olive Oil Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989, as amended, which made provision for the enforcement of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1860/88 on the establishment of special marketing standards for olive oil (OJ No. L166, 1.7.88, p. 16) which set a limit for tetrachloroethylene, a volatile halogenated solvent. That Commission Regulation was revoked by Commission Regulation 3009/91 (OJ No. L286, 16.10.91, p. 19), and limits on volatile halogenated solvents were instead included in Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2568/91 (OJ No. L248, 5.9.91, p. 1) enforcement of which was provided for in the Olive Oil (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 9).

(1)

Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3

(2)

S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1633 (N.I. 12) and paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c. 28

(3)

S.R. 1989 No. 261 as amended by S.R. 1991 No. 203

(4)

S.R. 1991 No. 203, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations