Food Safety Act 1990
Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c. 16)
- Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c. 16)
- Part I PRELIMINARY
- 1 Meaning of “food” and other basic expressions.
- 2 Extended meaning of “sale” etc.
- 3 Presumptions that food intended for human consumption.
- 4 Ministers having functions under Act.
- 5 Food authorities and authorised officers.
- 6 Enforcement of Act.
- Part II MAIN PROVISIONS
- Food safety
- 7 Rendering food injurious to health.
- 8 Selling food not complying with food safety requirements.
- 9 Inspection and seizure of suspected food.
- 10 Improvement notices.
- 11 Prohibition orders.
- 12 Emergency prohibition notices and orders.
- 13 Emergency control orders.
- Consumer protection
- 14 Selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded.
- 15 Falsely describing or presenting food.
- Food information
- 15A Meaning of “food information” etc.
- 15B Contravention of food information law: seizure of food etc.
- 15C Duty to report non-compliance with food information law
- 15D Power to obtain information
- Regulations
- 16 Food safety and consumer protection.
- 17 Enforcement of EU provisions.
- 17 Enforcement of assimilated provisions.
- 18 Special provisions for particular foods etc.
- 19 Registration and licensing of food premises.
- Defences etc.
- 20 Offences due to fault of another person.
- 21 Defence of due diligence.
- 22 Defence of publication in the course of business.
- Miscellaneous and supplemental
- 23 Provision of food hygiene training.
- 24 Provision of facilities for cleansing shellfish.
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- 26 Regulations and orders: supplementary provisions.
- Part III ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
- Administration
- 27 Appointment of public analysts.
- 28 Provision of facilities for examinations.
- Sampling and analysis etc.
- 29 Procurement of samples.
- 30 Analysis etc. of samples.
- 31 Regulation of sampling and analysis etc.
- Powers of entry and obstruction etc.
- 32 Powers of entry.
- 33 Obstruction etc. of officers.
- Offences
- 34 Time limit for prosecutions.
- 35 Punishment of offences.
- 36 Offences by bodies corporate.
- 36A Offences by Scottish partnerships.
- Appeals
- 37 Appeals to magistrates’ court or sheriff.
- 38 Appeals to Crown Court.
- 39 Appeals against improvement notices.
- Part IV MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL
- Powers of Ministers
- 40 Power to issue codes of practice.
- 41 Power to require returns.
- 42 Default powers.
- Protective provisions
- 43 Continuance of registration or licence on death.
- 44 Protection of officers acting in good faith.
- Financial provisions
- 45 Regulations as to charges.
- 46 Expenses of authorised officers and county councils.
- 47 Remuneration of tribunal chairmen.
- Instruments and documents
- 48 Regulations and orders.
- 49 Form and authentication of documents.
- 50 Service of documents.
- Amendments of other Acts
- 51 Contamination of food: emergency orders.
- 52 Markets, sugar beet and cold storage.
- Supplemental
- 53 General interpretation.
- 54 Application to Crown.
- 55 Water supply: England and Wales.
- 56 Water supply: Scotland.
- 57 Scilly Isles and Channel Islands.
- 58 Territorial waters and the continental shelf.
- 59 Amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals.
- 60 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Provisions of Regulations under Section 16(1)
- Composition of food
- Fitness etc. of food
- Processing and treatment of food
- Food hygiene
- Production of food sources
- Inspection etc. of food sources
- SCHEDULE 2 Amendments of Parts III and V of 1984 Act
- Amendments of Part III
- Amendments of Part V
- SCHEDULE 3 Minor and Consequential Amendments
- The Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49)
- The London Government Act 1963 (c. 33)
- The Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)
- The Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967 (c. 50)
- The Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29)
- The Medicines Act 1968 (c. 67)
- The Transport Act 1968 (c. 73)
- The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (c. 62)
- The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 (c. 62)
- The Poisons Act 1972 (c. 66)
- The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- The Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3)
- The Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 66)
- The Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976 (c. 77)
- The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (c. 5)
- The Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 13)
- The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45)
- The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22)
- The Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (c. 48)
- The Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51)
- The Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72)
- The Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49)
- The National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66)
- The Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43)
- The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)
- SCHEDULE 4 Transitional Provisions and Savings
- Ships and aircraft
- Regulations under the 1984 Act
- Regulations under the 1956 Act
- Other regulations
- Orders with respect to milk in Scotland
- Disqualification orders
- Food hygiene byelaws
- Closure orders
- SCHEDULE 5 Repeals
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