Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (No.3) Order 1987

1987 No. 1837

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALESPUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLANDPUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELANDCONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (No.3) Order 1987

Made 21th October 1987

Laid before Parliament 22th October 1987

Coming into force 22th October 1987

Whereas the Secretary of State is of the opinion, as mentioned in section 1(1)(a) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 19851, that there has been or may have been an escape of substances of such descriptions and in such quantities and such circumstances as are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food;

And whereas he is of the opinion, as mentioned in section 1(1)(b) of the said Act, that in consequence of the said escape of substances, food which is, or may be in the future, in the areas described in the Schedule to the following Order, or which is, or may be in the future, derived from anything in those areas, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1) and (2), and 24(1) and (3) of the said Act2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, he hereby makes the following Order:

S-1 Title, commencement and interpretation

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (No .3) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 22nd October 1987.

(2) In this 0rder—

(a)

(a) “designated area” means one of the areas described in the Schedule to this Order;

(b)

(b) “sheep” means an animal of the genus Ovis of whatever age or sex.

S-2 Designated incident

Designated incident

2. In the opinion of the Secretary of State food in the areas described in the Schedule to this Order, or which is derived from anything in those areas, is or may be unsuitable for human consumption in consequence of the following escape of substances:—

the escape on or after 26th April 1986 of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the Ukraine, USSR.

S-3 Designated areas

Designated areas

3. The areas described the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.

S-4 Activities prohibited in the designated areas

Activities prohibited in the designated areas

4.—(1) No person shall in any of the designated areas slaughter any sheep for human consumption or for use in the preparation of feeding stuffs.

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

(a)

(a) any sheep which was moved on or after 7th September 1987 from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Food and Environment Protection, Act 1985 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark; or

(b)

(b) any sheep which—

(i) was moved on or after 7th September 1987 from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a green mark, or

(ii) was moved on or after 28th September 1987 from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark, and which in either case has been examined and marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers.

S-5 Restrictions on movement

Restrictions on movement

5.—(1) No person shall move any sheep from any farm, agricultural holding, agricultural premises, or holding in any of the designated areas.

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

(a)

(a) any sheep which was moved on or after 7th September 1987 from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark;

(b)

(b) any sheep which was moved on or after 7th September 1987 from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a green mark;

(c)

(c) any sheep which was moved on or after 28th September 1987 from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark.

S-6 Restrictions throughout the United Kingdom

Restrictions throughout the United Kingdom

6.—(1) No person shall in the United Kingdom—

(a)

(a) slaughter for human consumption or for use in the preparation of feeding stuffs any sheep which was in a designated area at any time after 8th July 1987; or

(b)

(b) supply, or have in possession for supply, any meat derived from a sheep or any food which contains any such meat, if that sheep was in a...

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