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Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 498

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Lead in Cattle) (England) Order 1991

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 498

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES
CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Lead in Cattle) (England) Order 1991

Made6th March 1991
Laid before Parliament7th March 1991
Coming into force7th March 1991

    The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(1) and (2) and section 24(1) and (3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985[1], 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 cattle in the area described in the following Order, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption, hereby makes the following Order:
    Title and commencement
        1.    This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions)(Lead in Cattle) (England) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 7th March 1991.
    Designated circumstances
        2.    In the opinion of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, cattle in the area designated in article 3 below may have eaten lead or other poisonous metal and are likely to create a hazard to human health if their meat or milk is consumed.
    Designated area
        3.    The area described in the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.
    Prohibitions on movement
        4.—(1)  No person shall move any cattle from the designated area.

        (2)  No person shall move from the designated area any meat or milk derived from cattle which are or have been in the designated area.

        (3)  No person shall move from the designated area any product
       (a) which could be used as a feeding stuff for animals intended for human consumption; and
       (b) which has been derived from any cattle which are or have been in the designated area.


In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
6th March 1991.


John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food





Notes:

[1] 1985 c. 48: section 1 was amended by section 51 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16), and section 24(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to that Act; section 1(2) defines "designating authority" and section 24(1) defines "the Ministers".

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