2009 No. 2939 (W.256)
FOOD, WALES

The Contaminants in Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers, make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a) and 17(1) of the Food Safety Act 19901.

Title, commencement and application1.

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the Contaminants in Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and they come into force on 27 November 2009.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Amendment of the Contaminants in Food (Wales) Regulations 20092.

(1)

The Contaminants in Food (Wales) Regulations 20092 are amended as follows.

(2)

In the Welsh text of regulation 2(1) for “Rhif XXX/2008” substitute “Rhif 124/2009”.

Gwenda Thomas
Deputy Minister for Social Services, under authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Contaminants in Food (Wales) Regulations 2009 (“the Principal Regulations”) revoke and re-enact with changes the Contaminants in Food (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/840 (W.73), as amended).

The Principal Regulations make provision for the execution and enforcement of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006 setting maximum permitted levels (“MPLs”) for contaminants in foodstuffs (OJ No. L364, 20.12.2006, p.5).

They also provide for the execution and enforcement of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 124/2009 (OJ No. L40, 11.2.2009, p.7) concerning MPLs for certain feed additives that may in specified circumstances occur in food.

These Regulations amend regulation 2(1) of the Principal Regulations to correct a typographical error in the Welsh text.