Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning) (East Coast) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. No. 298 of 2004). Pays/Territoire Royaume-Uni Sous-division territoriale Scotland Type du document Règlement Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Produits de la pêche Toxicité/empoisonnement Aire géographique Îles de l'Océan Atlantique, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Atlantique Nord, Mer du Nord, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Nord Entry into force notes Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1). Résumé 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 diarrhetic shellfish poisoning in human beings. The Order designates an area of sea off the east coast of Scotland within which the taking of scallops is prohibited (arts. 3 and 4 and the Schedule). It prohibits the movement of scallops out of the area (art. 5). Other restrictions are imposed in relation to the use of any scallops taken from the area (art. 6). It is an offence by virtue of section 1(6) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 as read with Schedule 1, paragraph 4 to the Act as inserted by paragraph 10(13) of the Schedule to the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1756), to contravene any of the prohibitions contained in this Order anywhere in the United Kingdom or in United Kingdom waters. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk