Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (c. 178)

F1 CHAPTER IV U.K. RAPID ALERT SYSTEM, CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCIES

SECTION 1 U.K. RAPID ALERT SYSTEM

F1 Article 50 U.K. Rapid alert system

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F1 Article 51 U.K. Implementing measures

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F1 Article 52 U.K. Confidentiality rules for the rapid alert system

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SECTION 2 U.K. EMERGENCIES

Article 53 U.K. Emergency measures for food and feed F2 ...

1. [F3 Where it is evident that food or feed originating in the United Kingdom, or imported into Great Britain from outside the United Kingdom, is likely to constitute a serious risk to human health, animal health or the environment, the appropriate authority may made regulations, containing one or more the following measures, depending on the gravity of the situation—]

(a) in the case of food or feed [F4 originating in the United Kingdom]:

(i)

suspension of the placing on the market or use of the food in question;

(ii)

suspension of the placing on the market or use of the feed in question;

(iii)

laying down special conditions for the food or feed in question;

(iv)

any other appropriate interim measure;

(b) [F5 in the case of food or feed imported from outside the United Kingdom—]

(i)

suspension of imports of the food or feed in question from all or part of the F6 ... country concerned and, where applicable, from the F6 ... country of transit;

(ii)

laying down special conditions for the food or feed in question from all or part of the F6 ... country concerned;

(iii)

any other appropriate interim measure.

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Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Art. 53 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 20A(a) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(13)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Art. 53(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 20A(b)(i) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(13)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Art. 53(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 20A(b)(ii) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(13)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in Art. 53(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 20A(b)(iii) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(13)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Word in Art. 53(1)(b)(i)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 20A(b)(iv) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(13)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Art. 53(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 20A(b)(iv) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(13)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F1 Article 54 U.K. Other emergency measures

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SECTION 3 U.K. CRISIS MANAGEMENT

F1 Article 55 U.K. General plan for crisis management

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F1 Article 56 U.K. Crisis unit

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F1 Article 57 U.K. Tasks of the crisis unit

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Textual Amendments

F1 Ch. 4 omitted (except Art. 53) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 20(c) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(12)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)