The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I INTRODUCTORY

   1. 1. Title and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Application to food offered as prizes, etc.

   4. 4. Presumptions that food intended for human consumption

3. PART II GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO FOOD

   1. 5. Interpretation

   2. Food safety

      1. 6. Rendering food injurious to health

      2. Art. 7 rep. by SR 2004/505

      3. 8. Inspection and seizure of suspected food

      4. 9. Improvement notices

      5. 10. Prohibition orders

      6. 11. Emergency prohibition notices and orders

      7. 12. Emergency control orders

   3. Consumer protection

      1. 13. Selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded

      2. 14. Falsely describing or presenting food

   4. Regulations

      1. 15. Food safety and consumer protection

      2. 16. Enforcement of Community provisions

      3. 17. Special provisions for particular foods, etc.

      4. 18. Registration and licensing of food premises

   5. Defences, etc.

      1. 19. Offences due to fault of another person

      2. 20. Defence of due diligence

      3. 21. Defence of publication in the course of business

   6. Miscellaneous and supplemental

      1. 22. Provision of food hygiene training

      2. 23. Provision of facilities for cleansing shellfish

      3. Art. 24 rep. by 1999 c.28

      4. 25. Regulations and orders: supplementary provisions

4. PART III ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

   1. Administration

      1. 26. Enforcement of this Order

      2. 27. Appointment of public and other analysts

      3. 28. Provision of facilities for examinations

   2. Sampling and analysis, etc.

      1. 29. Procurement of samples

      2. 30. Analysis, etc., of samples procured by authorised officer of a district council

      3. 31. Analysis, etc., of samples procured by authorised officer of the Department of Agriculture

      4. 32. Regulation of sampling and analysis, etc.

   3. Powers of entry and obstruction, etc.

      1. 33. Powers of entry

      2. 34. Obstruction, etc., of officers

   4. Offences

      1. 35. Time limit for prosecutions

      2. 36. Punishment of offences

   5. Appeals

      1. 37. Appeals

      2. 38. Appeals against improvement notices

5. PART IV MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

   1. Powers of Department

      1. 39. Power to issue codes of practice

      2. 40. Power to require returns

      3. 41. Default powers

   2. Protective provisions

      1. 42. Continuance of registration or licence on death

      2. 43. Protection of public analyst acting in good faith

   3. Financial provisions

      1. 44. Regulations as to charges

      2. 45. Expenses of authorised officers

      3. Art. 46 rep. by 1996 NI 12

   4. Supplemental

      1. 47. Regulations and orders

      2. 48. Form and authentication of documents

      3. 49. Application to Crown

      4. 50. Water supply

      5. 51. Amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals

6. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 15(1)

      1. Composition of food

         1. 1. Provision for prohibiting or regulating— (a) the sale, possession for sale, or offer, exposure or...

      2. Fitness, etc., of food

         1. 2. (1) Provision for prohibiting— (a) the sale for human consumption; or (b) the use in...

         2. 3. (1) Provision for regulating generally the treatment and disposal of any food— (a) which is...

      3. Processing and treatment of food

         1. 4. Provision for the following, namely— (a) for the giving by persons possessing such qualifications as...

      4. Food hygiene

         1. 5. (1) Provision for imposing requirements as to— (a) the construction, maintenance, cleanliness and use of...

         2. 6. (1) Provision for imposing responsibility for compliance with any requirements imposed by virtue of paragraph...

      5. Production of food sources

         1. 6A. Provision for prohibiting or regulating— (a) the possession, sale or offer, exposure or advertisement for...

      6. Inspection, etc., of food sources

         1. 7. (1) Provision for securing the inspection of food sources by authorised officers for the purpose...

   2. Schedule 2—Amendments

      1. Schedule 2—Amendments

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

      1. Interpretation (1) In this Schedule— “the appointed day” for the purposes of this Schedule means...

         1. Interpretation

            1. 1. In this Schedule— “the appointed day” for the purposes of this Schedule means the day...

         2. Regulations under the 1989 Order

            1. 2. Any existing regulations made, or having effect as if made, under any provision of the...

         3. Regulations with respect to milk

            1. 3. (1) Any existing regulations made under Article 9 of the Milk (Northern Ireland) Order 1983...

         4. Disqualification orders

            1. 4. The repeal by this Order of Article 16 of the 1989 Order (court's power to...

         5. Para. 5 rep. by 1999 c. 28

            1. Para. 5 rep. by 1999 c. 28

            2. Para. 5 rep. by 1999 c. 28

         6. Closure orders

            1. 6. The repeal by this Order of Article 22 of the 1989 Order (closure orders) shall...

         7. Saving

            1. 7. The provisions of this Schedule have effect without prejudice to sections 28 and 29 of...

   4. Schedule 4—Repeals

      1. Schedule 4—Repeals