S.I. No. 95/1998 - European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) (Approved Laboratories) Order, 1998
S.I. No. 95 of 1998. | ||
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (OFFICIAL CONTROL OF FOODSTUFFS) (APPROVED LABORATORIES) ORDER, 1998 | ||
I, BRIAN COWEN, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) hereby make the following Regulations for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Directive 89/397/EEC1 on the official control of foodstuffs and Council Directive 93/99/EEC2 on the subject of additional measures concerning the official control of foodstuffs. | ||
1 OJ No. L186, 30.6.1989, p.23 | ||
2 OJ No. L290, 24.11.1993, p.14 1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) (Approved Laboratories) Order, 1998. 2. This Order shall come into operation on the sixth day of April, 1998. 3. The laboratories listed hereunder are approved to analyse any samples of food taken by an authorised officer for the purposes of the European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 1998. | ||
(i) Public Analyst's Laboratory | ||
St Finbarr's Hospital | ||
Douglas Road | ||
Cork | ||
(ii) Food Microbiology Laboratory | ||
St Finbarr's Hospital | ||
Douglas Road, | ||
Cork | ||
(iii) Public Analyst's Laboratory | ||
Seamus Quirke Road | ||
Galway | ||
(iv) Food Microbiology Laboratory | ||
Department of Microbiology | ||
University College Hospital | ||
Galway | ||
(v) Public Analyst's Laboratory | ||
Sir Patrick Dun's | ||
Lower Grand Canal Street | ||
Dublin 2 | ||
(vi) Microbiology Laboratory | ||
Cherry Orchard Hospital | ||
Dublin 10 | ||
(vii) Public Health Laboratory | ||
Microbiology Department | ||
Waterford Regional Hospital | ||
Waterford | ||
(viii) Public Health Laboratory | ||
Microbiology Department | ||
General Hospital | ||
Sligo | ||
(ix) Microbiology Laboratory | ||
Regional Hospital | ||
Limerick | ||
(x) Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland | ||
3 Clonskeagh Square | ||
119, Clonskeagh Road | ||
Dublin 14 4. (1) The Health (Official Control of Food) (Approved Laboratories) Order, 1996 (S.I. 242 of 1996) is hereby revoked. | ||
(2) References in another instrument to any of the Orders revoked under sub-article (1) shall be construed as references to these Orders, as appropriate. | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children this 6th day of April, 1998. | ||
BRIAN COWEN, | ||
Minister for Health and Children. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
Article 3 of the European Communities (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 1998 empowers the Minister to specify an approved list of laboratories for analysis of food samples taken by authorised officers for the purpose of the regulations. This order approves a list of such laboratories with effect from 6 April, 1998. |