13 Emergency control orders
Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c 16) | Legislation

13  Emergency control orders

(1)     If it appears to [the Secretary of State] that the carrying out of commercial operations with respect to food, food sources or contact materials of any class or description involves or may involve imminent risk of injury to health, he may, by an order (in this Act referred to as an “emergency control order”), prohibit the carrying out of such operations with respect to food, food sources or contact materials of that class or description.

(2)     Any person who knowingly contravenes an emergency control order

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