Title application and commencement
1. The title of these Regulations is the Food (Miscellaneous Amendment and Revocation) (Wales) Regulations 2013, they apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 6 April 2013.
Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996
2.—(1) The Food Labelling Regulations 1996(1) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 50 (transitional provision), for subparagraph (b) of paragraph (15) substitute the following —
“(b)the matters constituting the alleged offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations if the amendments made by paragraphs (1) to (5) and (7) of regulation 2 of the Food Labelling (Declaration of Allergens) (Wales) Regulations 2008(2) had not been in operation when the food was sold.”.
Revocation
3. The following Regulations are revoked —
(a)The Arsenic In Food Regulations 1959(3);
(b)The Arsenic In Food (Amendment) Regulations 1960(4);
(c)The Arsenic In Food (Amendment) Regulations 1973(5);
(d)The Chloroform in Food Regulations 1980(6); and
(e)The Ungraded Eggs (Hygiene) Regulations 1990(7).
Lesley Griffiths
The Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
6 March 2013