The Animals, Meat and Meat Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum limits) Regulations 1991

Amendments

24.  –

(1) For regulations 5 and 6 of the Animals and Fresh Meat (Hormonal Substances) Regulations 1988 (1), in so far as they relate to Great Britain, there shall be substituted the following regulations–

“Application of the Animals, Meat and Meat Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1991

5.   For the purposes of the Animals, Meat and Meat Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1991–

(a) any substance within the definition of authorised substance in regulation 3 shall be an authorised substance; and

(b) any hormonal substance other than a substance within the definition of authorised substance in regulation 3 shall be a prohibited substance.

6.   The Animals, Meat and MeatProducts (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits)Regulations 1991 shall apply in relation to any hormonal substance subject to the following modifications–

(a) in regulation 2(1)of those Regulations–

(i) there shall be substituted for the definition of animal the definition specified in regulation 2 of these regulations;

(ii) there shall be added at the end of the definition of official sample the following–

“;or

(c) a sample, taken by a competent authority, for the purposes of analysis in pursuance of Article 5 of Council Directive 85/358/EEC (2);”

(iii) there shall be added at the end of the definition of primary analysis the words “ in accordance with methods authorised by Commission Decision 87/410/EEC (3)”; and

(iv) there shall be inserted in the definition of reference analysis after the words“approved laboratory” the words “in accordance with the methods determined under Article 5.2 of Council Directive85/358/EEC”

(b) in regulation 14(1) of those Regulations there shall be inserted after the words “exceeding the relevant maximum residue limit” the words “or that an authorised substance has been used abusively”; and

(c) in regulation 15(5) of those Regulations there shall be inserted after the words “a notice given in accordance with paragraph (4) above shallbe so withdrawn” the words “(except where the examination shows that theconditions of use of the authorised substance have not been respected)”.”

(2) At the end of Schedule 1 to the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990 (4) there shall be added to the left hand column the title to these Regulationsand to the right hand column their reference.

(3) In regulation 2(1) of the Fresh Meat and Poultry Meat (Hygiene, Inspection and Examination for Residues) (Charges) Regulations 1990 (5), for the definition of “ the residues Regulations” there shall be substituted the following definition–

““the residues Regulations” means the Animals, Meat and Meat Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1991;”

(1)

S.I.1988/849.

(2)

OJ No. L191, 23.7.85, p 46.

(3)

OJ No. L223, 11.8.87, p 18.

(4)

S.I. 1990/2463.

(5)

S.I. 1990/2494.