Food Safety Act 1990
United Kingdom legislation
United Kingdom Parliament | |
Long title | An Act to make new provision in place of the Food Act 1984 (except Parts III and V), the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 and certain other enactments relating to food; to amend Parts III and V of the said Act of 1984 and Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985; and for connected purposes |
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Citation | 1990 c. 16 |
Territorial extent | Great Britain and certain sections extend to Northern Ireland |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 29 June 1990 |
Status: Amended | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Revised text of statute as amended |
The Food Safety Act 1990 [1][2] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is the statutory obligation to treat food intended for human consumption in a controlled and managed way.
The key requirements of the Act are that food must comply with food safety requirements, must be "of the nature, substance and quality demanded", and must be correctly described (labelled).
See also
- Food Administration
- Public analyst
References
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- Devon colic
- Swill milk scandal
- Esing Bakery incident
- 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning
- 1900 English beer poisoning
- Morinaga Milk arsenic poisoning incident
- Minamata disease
- Moroccan oil poisoning disaster 1959 [ar]
- 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster
- Toxic oil syndrome
- 1985 Austrian diethylene glycol wine scandal
- United Kingdom BSE outbreak
- Australian meat substitution scandal
- Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak
- 1996 Odwalla E. coli outbreak
- 2006 North American E. coli outbreaks
- ICA meat repackaging controversy
- 2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak
- 2008 Chinese milk scandal
- 2008 Irish pork crisis
- 2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak
- 2011 Germany E. coli outbreak
- 2011 United States listeriosis outbreak
- Bihar school meal poisoning
- 2013 horse meat scandal
- 2015 Mozambique funeral beer poisoning
- 2017 Brazil Operation Weak Meat
- 2017–2018 South African listeriosis outbreak
- 2018 Australian strawberry contamination
- 2024 United Kingdom Shigatoxigenic E. coli outbreak
- Kobayashi red yeast rice scandal
- Food safety incidents in China
- Food safety incidents in Taiwan
- Foodborne illness
- Centre for Food Safety (Hong Kong)
- European Food Safety Authority
- Food and Drug Administration
- Food Information and Control Agency (Spain)
- Food Standards Agency (United Kingdom)
- Institute for Food Safety and Health
- International Food Safety Network
- Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (South Korea)
- Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition
- Curing (food preservation)
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