Poisons (Control of Residues in Foods of Animal Origin) Regulations, 1985.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Poisons (Control of Residues in Foods of Animal Origin) Regulations, 1985.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation in accordance with the timetable set out in the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations.
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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations are in addition to and not in substitution for the following Regulations—
(a) the European Communities (Control of Stilbene and Thyrostatic Substances) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 366 of 1981);
(b) Regulations 3 and 4 of the European Communities (Control of Oestrogenic, Androgenic, Gestagenic and Thyrostatic Substances) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 282 of 1982 );
(c) the European Communities (Feeding-Stuffs) (Additives) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1974 ), as amended;
(d) the Animal and Poultry Compound Feeding-Stuffs (Control of Antibiotics) Regulations, 1972 ( S.I. No. 335 of 1972 ).
(2) (a) In this paragraph—
"the Council Directive" means Council Directive 70/524/EEC1 of 23 November, 1970 concerning additives in feeding-stuffs, as amended;
1O.J. No. L270, 14.12.1970, p. 1.
"additives" and "feeding-stuffs" have the meaning assigned to them by the Council Directive.
(b) These Regulations, insofar as they regulate the presence or absence of additives and marking do not apply to additives in feeding-stuffs at the levels and under the conditions permitted by the Council Directive.
(3) Nothing in these Regulations shall be construed as amending or revoking the Regulations set out in paragraph (1).
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires—
"the Act" means the Poisons Acts, 1961 and 1977;
"administration" includes in relation to an animal, oral, parenteral and topical administration or application, and administration or application by inhalation or by incorporation in food or water or by means of automatic machines or processes;
"animal" means an animal of the bovine, ovine, caprine, equine or porcine species or poultry or rabbits or deer where such rabbits or deer are intended for use as food for human consumption;
"approved method" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 23;
"authorised person" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 21;
"Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Orders" means the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 256 of 1978 ), and the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 286 of 1980 ), and includes any Order amending those Orders;
"District Veterinary Office" has the meaning assigned to it by the Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Orders;
"identity card" has the meaning assigned to it by the Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Orders
"intended for human consumption" includes intended for incorporation in, or manufacture into, a food intended for human consumption and kindred words shall be construed accordingly;
"meat" means any part of the carcase or offals of an animal;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture;
"offal" means any part an an animal (other than its carcase) which is capable of use as food for human consumption, and includes blood and any constituent of blood;
"permit" has the meaning assigned to it by the Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Orders;
"parenteral administration" includes administration or application by the intra mammary, intra vaginal, intra uterine or per rectum routes or by injection;
"restricted holding" has the meaning assigned to it by the Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Orders;
"to sell" includes offer, expose or keep for sale, invite an offer to buy or distribute for reward and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
the word "tissues" includes bodily fluids;
"withdrawal period" means the period between the time at which the administration of a poison to an animal takes place, and the time at which the levels of the poison thereby introduced into that animal and the metabolites of that poison fall below a level detectable by all methods (being approved methods for the detection of such poison or metabolite) in the tissues, secreta or excreta of that animal, or, where that poison or metabolite is to be found naturally, (that is to say other than as a result of a pathological condition or as a result of the administration of a poison) in such tissue, secreta or excreta, to or below a level encountered in animals of that type;
"Veterinary Medicines Record" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 19;
"Veterinary Medicines Register" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 19;
"veterinary surgeon" means a person registered in the register established under the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1931 (No. 36 of 1931).