Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.I. No. 54 of 2016). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Residues Meat MRL-maximum residue limit Inspection Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Hormones/steroids Animal health Drugs Animal feed/feedstuffs Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract The Regulations implement as respects Northern Ireland Community legislation on residues of certain substances in foodstuffs of animal origin. The Regulations, among other things: (a) prohibit the sale, possession or administration to animals of specified substances; (b) prohibit slaughter or processing the meat of, animals intended for human consumption which contain, or which have been administered with, specified substances; (c) empower authorised officers to inspect and examine animals and to take samples and provide for the analysis of official samples; (d) provide for offences and penalties and for enforcement by each enforcement authority; (e) specify responsibilities of processors. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie References - Legislation Implements Regulation (EC) No. 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 and amending Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Legislation | European Union | 2009 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Drugs, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC. Legislation | European Union | 1996 Keyword: Hormones/steroids, Animal production, Residues, Monitoring, Inspection, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Drugs, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 96/22/EC concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of ß-agonists. Legislation | European Union | 1996 Keyword: Aquaculture, Drugs, Fish disease, Animal health, Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Hormones/steroids Source: FAO, FAOLEX Commission Regulation (EU) No. 37/2010 on pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin. Legislation | European Union | 2009 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Standards, MRL-maximum residue limit, Drugs, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX