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European Communities (Good Laboratory Practice) Regulations, 1991 (S.I. No. 4 of 1991).

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1991
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Food additives Animal feed/feedstuffs Pesticides Pollution control Hazardous substances Inspection
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations require the carrying out of laboratory tests in accordance with good laboratory practice in compliance with Council Directive 87/18/EEC and Council Directive 88/320/EEC and designate the Irish Laboratory Accreditation Board as the Competent Authority for verifying compliance for the purposes of these Directives. The laboratory tests shall observe principles of good laboratory practice specified in Annex 2 to the Decision (as amended) of 12 May 1981 of the Council of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on the mutual acceptance of data for the evaluation of chemical products. "Chemicals"include food additives, animal feed additives and pesticides.

Full text
English
Website
www.irishstatutebook.ie

References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 2004/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP) (Codified version).

Legislation | European Union | 2004

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Inspection, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Drugs, Animal health, Pesticides, Pollution control, Hazardous substances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

European Communities (Good Laboratory Practice) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 294 of 1999).

Legislation | Ireland | 1999

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Inspection, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Pesticides, Pollution control, Hazardous substances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX