Consumer protection enforcement orders

The enforcement authorities have available to them various powers under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and the Consumer Protection Act 1987, for example, relating to suspension, prohibition and prosecution. 

The Consumer Protection Act 1987 empowered the enforcing authorities to issue various notices and orders. 

The rapid increase in the use of pesticides in agriculture after the Second World War led many governments to enforce regulations on their sale and use in order to protect users of pesticides, consumers of treated foodstuffs, domestic animals, and, at a later stage, the environment. Thus, the presence of pesticides in the environment has compelled official international institutions to establish maximum allowable concentration levels of pesticides in drinking water and foods. ... 

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