Guide to the Food Safety Act 1990 (eBook)

A. A. Painter (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
140 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-0351-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Butterworths Law of Food and Drugs: A Guide to the Food Safety Act 1990 contains the text of Food Safety Act 1990. The act aims to regulate modern food manufacture and distribution practice. The coverage of the text includes the preliminary, main provisions, administration and enforcement, and miscellaneous and supplemental discussions on the law. The text provides annotations that cover matters that are 'new or important for the understanding of the new Act. The book will be of great use to individuals who wish to fully comprehend the Food Safety Act 1990.

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Butterworths Law of Food and Drugs: A Guide to the Food Safety Act 1990 contains the text of Food Safety Act 1990. The act aims to regulate modern food manufacture and distribution practice. The coverage of the text includes the preliminary, main provisions, administration and enforcement, and miscellaneous and supplemental discussions on the law. The text provides annotations that cover matters that are "e;new or important for the understanding of the new Act. The book will be of great use to individuals who wish to fully comprehend the Food Safety Act 1990.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Butterworths Law of Food and Drugs: A Guide to the Food Safety Act 1990 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Preface 8
Food Safety Act 1990 10
Introduction 10
Application 10
Commencement 11
Arrangement of Sections 11
Part I: Preliminary 14
Introduction 14
1. (1) In this Act 'food' includes— 15
2. Extended meaning of 'sale' etc 17
3. Presumptions that food intended for human consumption 23
4. Ministers having functions under Act 25
5. Food authorities and authorised officers 25
6. Enforcement of Act 26
Part II: Main Provisions 28
Introduction 28
7. Rendering food injurious to health 30
8. Selling food not complying with food safety requirements 32
9. Inspection and seizure of suspected food 35
10. Improvement notices 40
11. Prohibition orders 42
12. Emergency prohibition notices and orders 44
13. Emergency control orders 47
14. Selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded 48
15. Falsely describing or presenting food 61
16. Food safety and consumer protection 66
17. Enforcement of Community provisions 68
18. Special provisions for particular foods etc 68
19. Registration and licensing of food premises 70
20. Offences due to fault of another person. 71
21. Defence of due diligence 71
22. Defence of publication in the course of business 86
23. Provision of food hygiene training 86
24. Provision of facilities for cleansing shellfish 87
25. Orders for facilitating the exercise of functions 87
26. Regulations and orders: supplementary provisions 88
Part III: Administration and Enforcement 90
Introduction 90
27. Appointment of public analysts 91
28. Provision of facilities for examinations 92
29. Procurement of samples 92
30. Analysis etc of samples 95
31. Regulation of sampling and analysis etc 97
32. Powers of entry 98
33. Obstruction etc of officers 100
34. Time limit for prosecutions 102
36. Offences by bodies corporate 103
37. Appeals to magistrates' court or sheriff 104
38. Appeals to Crown Court 105
39. Appeals against improvement notices 105
Part IV: Miscellaneous and Supplemental 105
40 Power to issue codes of practice 107
41. Power to require returns 107
42. Default powers 108
43. Continuance of registration or licence on death 109
44. Protection of officers acting in good faith 109
45. Regulations as to charges 110
46. Expenses of authorised officers and county councils 110
47. Remuneration of tribunal chairman 110
48. Regulations and orders 111
49. Form and authentication of documents 112
50. Service of documents 113
51. Contamination of food: emergency orders 1985 c 48 113
52. Markets, sugar beet and cold storage 1984 c 30 114
53. General interpretation 114
54. Application to Crown 116
55. Water supply: England and Wales 1989 c 15 117
56. Water supply: Scotland 1980 c 45 118
57. Scilly Isles and Channel Islands 119
58. Territorial waters and the continental shelf 119
59. Amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals 120
60. Short title, commencement and extent 120
Schedules 121
Schedule 1. Provisions of Regulations under Section 16(1) 121
Schedule 2. Amendments of Parts III and V of 1984 Act 124
Schedule 3. Minor and Consequential Amendments 127
Schedule 4. Transitional Provisions and Savings 136
Schedule 5. Repeals 139

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verwaltungsverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-0351-X / 148310351X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-0351-8 / 9781483103518