1996 No. 856

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES
PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND
PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND
CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Salmon and Migratory Trout) Order 1996

Approved by both Houses of Parliament

Laid before Parliament

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1) and section 24(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 19851, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, being of the opinion that there exist or may exist circumstances which are likely to create a hazard to human health through human consumption of food and that in consequence food which is derived or may be in the future derived from migratory fish in the areas described in the following Order, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby makes the following Order: