The Food Additives, Food Flavourings, and Novel Foods (Authorisations) and Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023

PART 1 Introduction

Title, extent, application and coming into force

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Food Additives, Food Flavourings, and Novel Foods (Authorisations) and Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023.

(2) These Regulations—

(a) extend to England and Wales;

(b) apply in relation to Wales.

(3) Parts 1 and 5 come into force on 14 April 2023.

(4) Parts 2, 3 and 4 come into force on 15 May 2023.

PART 2 Food Additives Authorisation

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008

2.  Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives(1) is amended in accordance with Schedule 1.

Amendment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012

3.  Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) is amended in accordance with Schedule 2.

Transitional provision

4.—(1) Any food additive or food labelled before the end of 14 November 2024 as E 960 steviol glycosides, or as containing E 960 steviol glycosides, that is otherwise compliant with the conditions of use and the specification for E 960a steviol glycosides from Stevia, may continue to be placed on the market and used until stocks are exhausted.

(2) Expressions used in paragraph (1) and in Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives have the same meaning as in that Regulation.

PART 3 Food Flavourings Authorisation

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008

5.  Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods(3) is amended in accordance with Schedule 3.

PART 4 Novel Foods Authorisation

Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470

6.  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 establishing the Union list of novel foods in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods(4) is amended in accordance with Schedules 4 and 5.

PART 5 Miscellaneous Amendments

Amendment of the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2012

7.  In the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2012(5), in regulation 12(2), for the words from “table 1” to the end substitute “Table 1 of Schedule 6 and subject to the restrictions in that Table”.

Amendment of the Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Wales) Regulations 2013

8.  In the Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Wales) Regulations 2013(6), in regulation 2(1), in the definition of “the retained EU Regulations”—

(a) in the Welsh language text, for “(“the EU Regulations”)” substitute “(“the retained EU Regulations”)”;

(b) in the English language text, after ““the retained EU Regulations”” insert “(“Rheoliadau’r UE a ddargedwir”)”.

Amendment of the Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) (Wales) Regulations 2016

9.—(1) The Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) (Wales) Regulations 2016(7) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1B, in Table 1, in the Welsh language text, in the entry for “1. Arsenig”, in the second column, for “deunyddiau blawd”, in each place it occurs, substitute “deunyddiau bwyd anifeiliaid”.

Lynne Neagle

Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, under the authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

20 March 2023