1990 No. 1948

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES
PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND
PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELANDCONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions)(Wales) (No. 5) Amendment No. 4 Order 1990

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1), 1(2), 24(1) and 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 19851, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, being of the opinion in accordance with section 1(1) of that Act 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 or may be in the future in the areas described in the Schedule to the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 5) Order 19872 or which is derived or may be in the future derived from anything in those areas, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby makes the following Order:—

Title and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 5) Amendment No. 4 Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st October 1990.

Partial revocation and amendment

2

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 5) Order 1987 is revoked to the extent that it imposes prohibitions on—

a

the slaughter of a sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 on or before 29th July 1990 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark; and

b

the slaughter of a sheep which—

i

is moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) on or after 1st October 1990 which consent is subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark; and

ii

has been examined and marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers; and

c

the supply or having in possession for supply of meat, or food containing meat, derived from a sheep described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this article,

and accordingly that Order is further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

3

In article 6, for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

2

Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of—

a

any sheep which was moved to a market in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Act which consent did not require that the sheep to which it applies should be marked in a manner specified therein;

b

any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) on or before 1st October 1989 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a green mark;

c

any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) on or before 14th January 1990 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark;

d

any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) on or before 29th July 1990 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark; or

e

any sheep which—

i

was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a red mark; or

ii

is moved from any place in accordance with such a consent given on or after 30th July 1990 which consent is subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a green mark; or

iii

is moved from any place in accordance with such a consent given on or after 1st October 1990 which consent is subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark,

and which, in any case, has been examined and marked with a ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers.

David HuntSecretary of State for Wales

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 5) Order 1987, as amended by S.I.1988/9, 951, 1329, 1680, 1989/2, 660, 1279, 1770, 1990/34, 1161 and 1523 contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent the human consumption of food which has been or which may have been rendered unsuitable for that purpose in consequence of the escape of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the USSR.

This Order excepts from the prohibition on slaughter throughout the United Kingdom any sheep, and from the prohibition on supply throughout the United Kingdom any meat derived from such a sheep, identified by an apricot paint mark and which has been moved in accordance with a Ministerial consent given under section 2(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 on or before 29th July 1990.

This Order also excepts from the prohibition on slaughter throughout the United Kingdom any sheep, and from the prohibition on supply throughout the United Kingdom any meat derived from such a sheep, identified by a blue paint mark and which is moved in accordance with a Ministerial consent given under the said section 2(1) on or after 1st October 1990 and which has been examined and marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales or the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.