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Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning)(No. 2) Order 1998 (No. 1582 of 1998).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Great Britain
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Marine fisheries Crustaceans Molluscs Aquatic animals Food quality control/food safety Fish products
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Order will come into force on 1 July 1998.
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 paralytic shellfish poisoning in human beings. The Order designates an area of sea within which taking scallops is prohibited (arts. 3 and 4 and the 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): no person shall in the United Kingdom or in United Kingdom waters- (a) use any scallops taken out of the designated area after the relevant time in the preparation or processing for supply of food and anything from which food could be derived, (b) land any scallops which were in waters in the designated area after the relevant time, (c) supply, or have in possession for supply, any scallops which were in the designated areas after the relevant time, (d) supply, or have in possession for supply, any food or anything from which food could be derived in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article, (e) feed to any creature a feeding stuff in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article. 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.

Full text
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Website
www.opsi.gov.uk