1996 No. 1043
The Beef (Emergency Control) (Amendment) Order 1996
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
Whereas it appears to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that the sale of meat derived from older bovine animals may involve imminent risk of injury to health, now therefore the said Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6(4), 13(1) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 19901 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
Title, commencement and interpretation1
This Order may be cited as the Beef (Emergency Control) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 4th April 1996.
Amendment of the Beef (Emergency Control) Order 19962
1
The Beef (Emergency Control) Order 19962 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
2
The following paragraph shall be substituted for article 1(2)—
2
In this Order—
“meat” means any part of an animal that is suitable for human consumption; and
“national administrative document” means a document issued in pursuance of article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3886/923 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and repealing Regulations (EEC) No. 1244/82 and (EEC) No. 714/89, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1850/954
3
In article 2, for the words from “which” to the end of the article there shall be substituted—
in which, at the time of slaughter, there were more than two permanent incisors erupted, unless it can be shown by reference to a national administrative document relating to the animal that at the time of slaughter the animal was no more than two years and six months old.
(This note is not part of the Order)