2008 No. 713 (W.74)
The Meat Products (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
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 section 16(1)(e) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 F1.
In accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act, having regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.
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 safety F2, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety F3, there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of these Regulations.
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1.
OJ No. L245, 29.9.2003, p.4.
Title and commencement1
These Regulations are called the Meat Products (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 6 April 2008.
Amendment of the Meat Products (Wales) Regulations 20042
The Meat Products (Wales) Regulation 2004 F4 are amended as provided in regulations 3 and 4.
3
For paragraph (2)(b) of regulation 5 (name of the food for certain meat products) there is substituted the following provision _
b
any added ingredient to which sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, other than starch, protein or an ingredient specified in Schedule 3.
4
In Schedule 3 (added ingredients which are not required to be indicated in the name of the food in the case of a meat product to which regulation 5 applies), items 6 and 7 and the note relating to those items are deleted.
1990 c. 16. Section 1(1) and (2) (definition of “food”) was substituted by S.I. 2004/2990. Functions of the Secretary of State, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672. Those functions were transferred to Welsh Ministers by section 162 and Schedule 11, paragraph 30 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).