The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

InterpretationN.I.

5.  Para. (1) rep. by SR 2004 No. 505

[F1(2) For the purposes of this Part food fails to comply with food safety requirements if it is unsafe within the meaning of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 and references to food safety requirements or to food complying with such requirements shall be construed accordingly.

(3) In determining for the purposes of paragraph (2) and Article 6 whether any food is injurious to health, regard shall be had to the matters specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of Article 14(4) of Regulation 178/2002.]

Para. (3) rep. by SR 2004 No. 505

(4) For the purposes of this Part, subject to paragraph (5), any part of, or product derived wholly or partly from, an animal which has been slaughtered otherwise than in a slaughter‐house, shall be deemed to be unfit for human consumption.

(5) In paragraph (4), “animal” has the same meaning as in the Slaughter of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1932F2 and that paragraph shall not apply where accident, illness or emergency affecting the animal in question required it to be slaughtered as mentioned in that paragraph.