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.