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Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 1005 of 1999).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Great Britain
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Fish products Toxicity/poisoning
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1).
Abstract

This Order contains emergency prohibitions restricting various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food rendered unsuitable for that purpose by virtue of shellfish having been affected by the toxin which causes amnesic shellfish poisoning in human beings. The Order designates an area of sea within which taking scallops is prohibited (arts. 3 and 4 and Schedule). It prohibits the movement of such shellfish out of that area (art. 5). Other restrictions are imposed throughout the United Kingdom in relation to the use of any such shellfish taken from that area (art. 6). Powers of enforcement in relation to emergency prohibitions are conferred by section 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. Obstruction of enforcement officers is an offence under paragraph 10 of that Schedule. (6 articles completed by a Schedule)

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Website
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