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These Regulations revoke (at regulation 12) and remake with amendments provisions of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991 (S.R. 1991 No. 198).
These Regulations —
(a)specify the qualifications necessary to be a public analyst or food analyst (regulation 4) or food examiner (regulation 5 and Schedule 2) for the purposes of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;
(b)prohibit specified persons from carrying out analyses or examinations (regulation 6);
(c)specify the procedures to be followed when a sample has been procured under that Order for analysis or examination (regulations 7, 8 and 9), and exclude from these procedures samples taken under Regulations which have their own procedures (regulation 3 and Schedule 1); and
(d)prescribe the form of certificate to be used by analysts and examiners in making their reports (regulation 10 and Schedule 3).
The Regulations also make consequential amendments to other Regulations (regulation 11).
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