2026 No. 57
Food, Wales

The Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2026

Made
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45 and 48(1)(b) of the Food Safety Act 19901 and now vested in them2.
In accordance with section 48(4A)3 of that Act, the Welsh Ministers have had regard to advice given by the Food Standards Agency on the proposal to make these Regulations.
There has been consultation 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 the procedures in matters of food safety4.

Title, application and coming into force1.

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2026.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(3)

These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2026.

Amendment to the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 20062.

(1)

The Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 20065 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3 (liability for and recovery of charges for residues surveillance)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(a)—

(i)

for “1 October 2024” substitute “1 April 2026”;

(ii)

for “31 March 2025” substitute “31 March 2027”;

(b)

in paragraph (1)(b), for “1 April 2025” substitute “1 April 2027”.

(3)

For Schedule 1 (residues surveillance charges)6 substitute—

“Schedule 1 Residues Surveillance Charges

Regulation 3(1)

Type of creature or animal product

Charge (£) from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027

Charge (£) on or after 1 April 2027

Bovine

0.9964 per carcase

1.0216 per carcase

Goat

0.0864 per carcase

0.0886 per carcase

Sheep

0.0864 per carcase

0.0886 per carcase

Soliped

0.5359 per carcase

0.5495 per carcase

Swine

0.0845 per carcase

0.0867 per carcase

Game and wild game

1.0461 per tonne

1.0461 per tonne

Poultry

0.7397 per tonne

0.7584 per tonne

Eggs

0.0237 per case of 360

0.0243 per case of 360

Milk

0.0466 per 1000 litres

0.0478 per 1000 litres

Fish other than trout

2.7078 per tonne of marketed product

2.7764 per tonne of marketed product

Trout

3.2455 per tonne of fish food

3.3278 per tonne of fish food”.

Huw Irranca-Davies
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2285) in relation to Wales.

These Regulations vary the fees required to be paid in respect of the surveillance of animals and animal products for residues of veterinary medicinal products and other substances.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.