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