S.I. No. 161/1987:

FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS, 1950 (SHELLFISH CONTROLLED AREA) ORDER, 1987.

FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS, 1950 (SHELLFISH CONTROLLED AREA) ORDER, 1987.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by article 55 of the Food Hygiene Regulations, 1950 ( S.I. No. 205 of 1950 ) hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Food Hygiene regulations, 1950 (Shellfish Controlled Area) Order, 1987.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1987.

3. The area specified in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared to be a controlled area for the purposes of Part IV of the Food Hygiene Regulations, 1950.

SCHEDULE.

Controlled Area.

The portion of the sea including inlets and harbours, the strands and tidal waters forming part of the functional areas of the Southern Health Board and the South Eastern Health Board which lies north of a line drawn from the most western point of Claycastle in the County of Cork to the most eastern point of Black Ball Head in the County of Waterford.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 23rd day of June, 1987.

RORY O'HANLON,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to declare the areas of the Southern Health Board and South Eastern Health Board which lie north of a line drawn from the most western point of Claycastle in the County of Cork to the most eastern point of Black Ball Head in the County of Waterford to be a controlled area for the purposes of Part VI of the Food Hygiene Regulations, 1950. To sell, offer for sale or have possession of for the purpose of sale of shellfish for human consumption from this area is thereby prohibited unless treated in a manner approved by the local Director of Community Care and Medical Officer of Health. The local Director of Community Care and Medical Officer of Health is also empowered to approve, or withdraw approval, of sites for the relaying of shellfish and any person selling, offering for sale or having possession of for the purpose of sale is required to keep appropriate records.