The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/1235
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (EmergencyProhibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1991 and shall comeinto force at 18.00 hours on 22nd May 1991.

(2) In this Order“scallop” means shellfish of the species pecten maximus or chlamys operculata, and“relevant time” means one minute past midnight on 22nd May 1991.

Section 2 Designated circumstances

In the opinion of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,scallops in the area designated in article 3 below may be affected bythe toxin which causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in human beings andare likely to create a hazard to human health if they are consumed.

Section 3 Designated area

The area described in the Schedule to this Order is herebydesignated for the purposes of Part I of the Food and EnvironmentProtection Act 1985.

Section 4 Activity prohibited in the designated area

No person shall fish for or take any scallops in the designated area.

Section 5 Prohibited movement of scallops

No person shall move any scallops out of the designated area.

Section 6 Restrictions throughout the United Kingdom

No person shall, in the United Kingdom or in United Kingdom waters—

(a) use any scallops taken out of the designated area after the relevanttime in the preparation or processing for supply of food and anythingfrom which food could be derived,

(b) land any scallops taken from waters in the designated area after therelevant time,

(c) supply, or have in possession for supply, any scallops, or anyproduct derived from scallops, from which food could be derived if suchscallops were taken from the designated area after the relevant time,

(d) supply, or have in possession for supply, any food or anything fromwhich food could be derived in the preparation or processing of whichanything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article,

(e) feed to any creature a feeding stuff in the preparation orprocessing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a)of this article.