The Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1989 No. 846 — creates 24 criminal offences.

Made

16 May 1989

In force from

17 August 1989

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales

Made under

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order consolidates the Food and Drugs Act (Northern Ireland) 1958, the Control of Food Premises (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 and the provisions amending them.

Offences created by this instrument

• Prohibition on sale, etc., of food unfit for human consumption article 10(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Prohibition on sale, etc., of food unfit for human consumption article 10(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Products of knackeries article 14(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Power of court to disqualify person for carrying on a food business article 16(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Registration of manufacturers of, and traders in, ice-cream article 18(12) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Registration of manufacturers of, and traders in, ice-cream article 18(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Closure of premises article 22(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Emergency order for closure of premises article 23(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Prohibition of sale of milk from diseased cows article 28(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Certain additions not to be made to milk and certain liquids not to be sold as milk article 29(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Certain additions not to be made to milk and certain liquids not to be sold as milk article 29(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who— a adds any substance to food, b uses any substance as an ingredient in the preparation of food, c… article 3(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Cream substitutes article 30(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Sign to be displayed on premises, etc., where horseflesh is sold for human consumption article 31(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Sign to be displayed on premises, etc., where horseflesh is sold for human consumption article 31(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Provisions as to suspected food article 33(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Persons obstructing execution of Order article 50(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• An offence under— a a regulation made under this Order, other than an offence which by virtue of the regulations is… article 51(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Contravention due to default of some other person article 57(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A defendant who in any prosecution under this Order or any regulations made under it wilfully applies to any article… article 59(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• A person who, in respect of any article or substance sold by him, being an article or substance in respect of which a… article 59(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Power of Department to obtain particulars of ingredients article 7(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Labels and advertisements describing food incorrectly article 8(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Labels and advertisements describing food incorrectly article 8(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 1989