Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (Wales) Order 1991 (W.S.I. No. 5 of 1991). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Wales Document type Regulation Date 1991 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Meat Toxicity/poisoning Animal feed/feedstuffs Slaughtering Sheep/goats Quarantine Animal health Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations contain emergency prohibitions on various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food which is derived from sheep in areas in Wales designated by this Order and which has been or may have been rendered unsuitable for human consumption in consequence of the elevated levels of radioactivity found in those areas following the escape of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the USSR. Within those areas the slaughter of sheep and the movement of sheep from farms, holdings and agricultural premises is prohibited. Prohibitions on the slaughter of sheep from the designated areas and the supply of meat derived from such sheep extend throughout the United Kingdom, subject to exceptions. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Repealed by Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (Wales) (Revocation) Order 2012 (W.S.I. 2978 (W.304) of 2012). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2012 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Toxicity/poisoning, Slaughtering, Sheep/goats, Quarantine, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX