UK Offence Report

The Tetrachloroethylene in Olive Oil (Scotland) Regulations 1989

UK Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 837 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
1revoked
Made
11 May 1989
In force from
14 June 1989
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales
Made under
Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956

Explanatory note

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

These Regulations, which apply to Scotland only, make provision for the enforcement of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1860/88 on the establishment of special marketing standards for olive oil (OJ No. L166, 1.7.88, p.16). Article 1 of the Commission Regulation provides that olive oils and olive-pomace oils with a tetrachloroethylene content of more than 0.1 milligram per kilogram may not be offered for retail sale. The Regulations also prescribe the method of analysis to be used in determining the tetrachloroethylene content as that set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1058/77 (OJ No. L128, 24.5.77, p.6) on the characteristics of olive oil, as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1858/88 (OJ No. L166, 1.7.88, p.10). However, until 31st October 1989 other methods giving results compatible with that method may be used where those methods, before being used, have been communicated to the Commission by the Member States concerned.

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