The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (Wales) Order 1991
This Order consolidates with amendments the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 5) Order 1987 (“ the 1987 Order ”), as amended by S.I. 1988/9, 951, 1329, 1680, 1989/2, 660, 1279, 1770, 1990/34, 1161, 1523 and 1948. lt contains emergency prohibitions on various activities in order to prevent human consumption of food which is derived from sheep in areas in Wales designated by this Order and which has been or may have been rendered unsuitable for human consumption in consequence of the elevated levels of radioactivity found in those areas following the escape of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor situated at Chernobyl in the USSR.