The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Wales) Regulations 2003

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations —

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Food Safety Act 1990;

“catering establishment” (“sefydliad arlwyo”) means a restaurant, canteen, club, public house, school, hospital or similar establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall) where, in the course of a business, food is prepared for delivery to the ultimate consumer and is ready for consumption without further preparation;

“designated product” (“cynnyrch dynodedig”) means any food specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 (as read with the Notes relating to that Schedule);

“Directive 79/1067/EEC” (“Cyfarwyddeb 79/1067/EEC”) means First Commission Directive 1979/1067/EEC(1) laying down Community methods of analysis for testing certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption;

“Directive 87/524/EEC” (“Cyfarwyddeb 87/524/EEC”) means First Commission Directive 1987/524/EEC(2) laying down Community methods of sampling for chemical analysis for the monitoring of preserved milk products;

“EEA Agreement” (“Cytundeb AEE”) means the Agreement on the European Economic Area(3) signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol(4) signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;

“EEA State” (“Gwladwriaeth AEE”) means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement;

“food authority” (“awdurdod bwyd”) has the same meaning as in section 5(1A) and (3)(a) and (b) of the Food Safety Act 1990;

“the 1996 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1996”) means the Food Labelling Regulations 1996(5);

“partly dehydrated milk” (“llaeth wedi'i ddadhydradu'n rhannol”) means the liquid product, whether or not sweetened, obtained directly by the partial removal of water from milk, from wholly or partly skimmed milk or from a mixture of these products and includes such a product to which cream or totally dehydrated milk have been added provided the addition of totally dehydrated milk does not exceed, in the finished product, 25% of total milk solids;

“preparation” (“paratoi”) includes manufacture and any form of processing or treatment and “prepared” shall be construed accordingly;

“reserved description”, (“disgrifiad neilltuedig”) as respects any designated product, means any description specified in relation to that product in column 1 of Schedule 1 or any alternative description permitted by Schedule 2;

“sell” (“gwerthu”) includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

“totally dehydrated milk” (“llaeth wedi'i ddadhydradu'n llwyr”) means the solid product, where the water content does not exceed 5% by weight of the finished product, obtained directly by the removal of water from milk, from wholly or partly skimmed milk, from cream or from a mixture of these products;

“total milk solids” (“cyfanswm y solidau llaeth”) means all the constituents of milk other than water, including milk fat, the constituents other than milk fat being present in their natural proportions; and

“ultimate consumer” (“defnyddiwr olaf”) means any person who buys otherwise than —

(a)

for the purpose of resale,

(b)

for the purposes of a catering establishment, or

(c)

for the purposes of a manufacturing business.

(1)

OJ No. L327, 24.12.1979, p.29.

(2)

OJ No. L306, 28.10.1987, p.24.

(3)

OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p.1.

(4)

OJ No. L1, 3.1.94, p.571.

(5)

S.I. 1996/1499; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1998/1398.