Imported Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

3.  After sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 2 of Chapter IV of Schedule 1 to the General Food Hygiene Regulations there shall be inserted—

“(3) The bulk transport in sea-going vessels of liquid oils or fats which are to be processed, and which are intended for or likely to be used for human consumption, is permitted in tanks that are not exclusively reserved for the transport of foodstuffs, subject to the following conditions—

(a) where the oil or fat is transported in a stainless steel tank, or tank lined with epoxy resin or technical equivalent, the immediately previous cargo transported in the tank shall have been a foodstuff or a cargo from the list of acceptable previous cargoes for liquid oils or fats;

(b) where the oil or fat is transported in a tank of materials other than those in head (a), the three previous cargoes transported in the tanks shall have been foodstuffs or from the list of acceptable previous cargoes for liquids oils or fats.

(4) The bulk transport in sea-going vessels of liquid oils or fats which are not to be further processed, and which are intended for or are likely to be used for human consumption, is permitted in tanks that are not exclusively reserved for the transport of foodstuffs, subject to the following conditions—

(a) the tank shall be of stainless steel or lined with epoxy resin or technical equivalent.

(b) the three previous cargoes transported in the tank shall have been foodstuffs.”.