2019 No. 1482 (W. 266)

Agriculture, Wales
Food, Wales

The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019

Made

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 19721.

The Welsh Ministers have been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to—

a

measures in respect of food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals2;

b

measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health3;

c

measures in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union4.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for—

a

any reference in the Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 20065 to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 to those Regulations, as those Regulations are amended by these Regulations, and

b

any reference in the Official Food and Feed Controls (Wales) Regulations 20096 to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 to those Regulations, as those Regulations are amended by these Regulations,

to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.

As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety7 there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations.