The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 2) Amendment Order 1987

Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 182

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND

CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 2) Amendment Order 1987

Made

12th February 1987

Laid before Parliament

12th February 1987

Coming into force

16th February 1987

Whereas the Secretary of State is of the opinion, as mentioned in section 1(1)(a) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(1), that there has been or may have been an escape of substances of such descriptions and in such quantities and such circumstances as are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food;

And whereas the Secretary of State is of the opinion, as mentioned in section 1(1)(b) of the said Act, that in consequence of the said escape of substances food which is or may be in the future in the area described in Schedule 1 to the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No.2) Order 1986(2), or which is derived or may be in the future derived from anything in that area, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 1(1) and (2) and section 24(1) and (3) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 2) Amendment Order 1987 and shall come into force on 16th February 1987.

Partial revocation and amendment

2.  The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 1986 is revoked to the extent that it imposes prohibitions on—

(a) the slaughter of a sheep which—

(i) was moved from a place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a red mark; and

(ii) has been examined and marked by an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers(3); and

(b) the supply or having in possession for supply of meat, or food containing meat, derived from such a sheep,

and accordingly that Order is further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

3.  Article 4 shall be re-numbered article 4(1) and after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of any sheep which—

(a) was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a red mark; and

(b) has been examined and marked by an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers.”.

4.  In article 6(2)(b)(i), after the words“blue mark” there shall be inserted the words “or with a red mark”.

Nicholas Edwards

Secretary of State for Wales

12th February 1987

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 1986 as amended by S.I. 1986/1707, 1756, 1775, 1849 and 2242 contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food which has been or which may have been rendered unsuitable for that purpose in consequence of the escape of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the USSR.

This order excepts from the prohibition on slaughter in the area of land in Wales designated by the Order and from the prohibition on slaughter and supply throughout the United Kingdom any sheep (and in the latter case any meat derived from such sheep) identified by a red paint mark which have been examined and subsequently marked by an ear-tag by an official of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Scottish Office or Welsh Office (articles 3 and 4).

Maps showing the designated area are available for inspection during normal office hours at the offices of the Welsh Office Agriculture Department at Penrallt, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 1EP; Government Buildings, Spa Road East, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 5HA; Station Road, Ruthin, Clwyd LL15 1BP and Cathays Park, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF1 3NQ.

(1)

1985 c. 48.

(2)

S.I. 1986/1681, amended by S.I. 1986/1707, 1756, 1775, 1849 and 2242.

(3)

The definition of “the Ministers” is in section 24(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.