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Order made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, laid before Parliament under section 1(8) of the food and Environment Protection Act 1985, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament within twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the order was made subject to extension for periods of dissolution, prorogation or adjournment for more than four days.

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 2088

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Contamination of Feeding Stuff) (England) (No. 2) Amendment No. 2 Order 1989

Made

12th November 1989

Laid before Parliament

13th November 1989

Coming into force

13th November 1989

Whereas the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is of the opinion, in accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(1), 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 the said Minister is of the opinion, in accordance with 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 Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Contamination of Feeding Stuff) (England) (No. 2) Order 1989(2), as amended by the following Order, 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;

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

Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Contamination of Feeding Stuff) (England) (No. 2) Amendment No. 2 Order 1989 and shall come into force on 13th November 1989.

Amendment of the principal Order

2.  The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Contamination of Feeding Stuff) (England) (No. 2) Order 1989 shall be further amended–

(a)by omitting from the Schedule to that Order (the designated area) the areas described in Schedule 1 to this Order;

(b)by inserting in the Schedule to that Order at the end the further areas described in Schedule 2 to this Order.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 12th November 1989.

L.S.

Grant Meekings

Assistant Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Article 2(a)

SCHEDULE 1AREAS REMOVED FROM THE “DESIGNATED AREA”

Article 2(b)

SCHEDULE 2FURTHER AREAS FORMING PART OF THE “DESIGNATED AREA”

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Contamination of Feeding Stuff) (England) (No. 2) Order 1989, as amended, (“the principal Order”) which contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food rendered unsuitable for that purpose in consequence of the escape of lead into imported animal feeding stuff.

The Order removes certain farms, holdings and premises from the designated area within which certain activities are prohibited by the principal Order (article 2(a) and Schedule 1). The Order also designates further farms, holdings and premises (article 2(b) and Schedule 2). Movement of cattle and food from any of these areas is controlled by the principal Order which also imposes certain other restrictions throughout the United Kingdom.

(1)

1985 c. 48; see the definition of “designating authority” in section 1(2) and “the Ministers” in section 24(1).

(2)

S.I. 1989/2077, as amended by S.I. 1989/2087.