The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Lead in Cattle) (England) (No. 2) Order 1990

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

1990 No. 2582

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Lead in Cattle) (England) (No. 2) Order 1990

Made

18th December 1990

Laid before Parliament

19th December 1990

Coming into force

19th December 1990

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1) and (2) and section 24(1) and (3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, being of the opinion 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 derived or may be in the future derived from cattle in the area described in the following Order, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

1985 c. 48; section 1 was amended by section 51 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16), and section 24(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to that Act; section 1(2) defines authority and section 24(1) defines Ministers