http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/244/article/1/madeThe Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (Scotland) Order 2003Water pollutionFood legislationFood safetyKing's Printer for Scotland2014-07-15PUBLIC HEALTH;CONTAMINATION OF FOOD
This Order, which forms part of Scots law only, contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food rendered unsuitable for that purpose by virtue of shellfish having been affected by the toxin which causes amnesic shellfish poisoning in human beings.
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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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1
This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (Scotland) Order 2003 and shall come into force at 1700 hours on 25th April 2003.
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In this Order–
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“scallops” means scallops of the class of Pecten maximus; and
b
“relevant time” means 0001 hours on 25th April 2003.