Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 456 of 2017). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Food & nutrition, Forestry, Cultivated plants Keyword Institution Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Forest management/forest conservation Animal health Animal production Animal reproduction Animal welfare Apiculture/sericulture Plant production Plant protection Planting material/seeds Fertilizers/nutrients Pesticides Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Order confers powers and duties of the Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine insofar as they relate to national Acts and European legislation specified in Part 1 or 2 of the Schedule to this Order. The legislation concerns various topics such as plant varieties, food safety and hygiene, animal health and welfare, organic farming, placing on the market of agriculture and livestock products, livestock breeding, livestock and bee diseases, plant pests and diseases, slaughtering and fertilizers, forestry, noxious weeds, pesticides, cereals, seeds for planting and plant varieties. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie