Title, application and commencementE+W

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Products Containing Meat etc. (Wales) Regulations 2014.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 13 December 2014.

InterpretationE+W

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Food Safety Act 1990;

“FIC” (“FIC”) means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004(9);

“ingredient” (“cynhwysyn”) has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(f) of FIC;

“meat” (“cig”) means the skeletal muscles of mammalian and bird species recognised as fit for human consumption with naturally included or adherent tissue but does not include mechanically separated meat as defined in point 1.14 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(10);

“regulated product” (“cynnyrch rheoleiddiedig”) means a food that contains one of the following as an ingredient (whether or not the food also contains any other ingredient)—

“sell” (“gwerthu”) includes offer or expose for sale and includes have in possession for sale;

“uncooked” (“heb ei goginio”), in relation to a food, means a food that has not been subjected to a process of cooking throughout the whole food so that the food is sold on the basis that it will need further cooking before consumption.

ScopeE+W

3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations apply to food that is ready for delivery to the final consumer or to a mass caterer.

(2) These Regulations do not apply in respect of any food—

(a)that is not intended for sale for human consumption; or

(b)to which the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (Wales) Regulations 2004(11) apply.

(3) These Regulations do not apply to any product that is brought into Wales from another part of the United Kingdom, an EEA State (other than the United Kingdom), a member State (other than the United Kingdom) or from the Republic of Turkey in which it was lawfully marketed.

(4) In this regulation—

“final consumer” (“defnyddiwr terfynol”) has the meaning given in point 18 of Article 3 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; and

“mass caterer” (“arlwywr mawr”) has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(d) of FIC.

Restrictions on the use of certain namesE+W

4.—(1) No person may sell or advertise a regulated product using a name that appears in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 as the name of the food, whether or not qualified by other words, unless the food complies with the appropriate requirements in columns 2 and 3 of that table.

(2) No person may sell or advertise a food using a name that appears in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1, whether or not qualified by other words, in such a way as to suggest, either expressly or by implication, that the product designated by that name is an ingredient of the food, unless that product is an ingredient of the food and that product complied with the appropriate requirements in columns 2 and 3 of the table in Schedule 1 at the time it was used as an ingredient in the preparation of food.

Parts of the carcase in uncooked regulated productsE+W

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), no person may sell an uncooked regulated product if any part of a carcase specified in paragraph (2) has been used as an ingredient in the preparation of that product.

(2) The specified parts of a carcase are brains, feet, large intestine, lungs, oesophagus, rectum, small intestine, spinal cord, spleen, stomach, testicles and udder of any mammalian species.

(3) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not extend to the use of a mammalian large or small intestine solely as a sausage skin.

(4) In this regulation “sausage” (“selsig”) includes chipolata, frankfurter, link, salami and any similar product.

EnforcementE+W

6.  It is the duty of a food authority within its area and a port health authority within its district to enforce these Regulations.

Application of provisions of the ActE+W

7.—(1) Subsections (1) and (2) of section 10 of the Act (improvement notices) apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the following modification.

(2) For subsection (1), substitute—

“(1) If an authorised officer of an enforcement authority has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is failing to comply with regulations 4(1) or (2) or 5(1) of the Products Containing Meat etc. (Wales) Regulations 2014, the authorised officer may, by a notice served on that person (in this Act referred to as an “improvement notice”)—

(a)state the officer’s grounds for believing that the person is failing to comply with the relevant provision;

(b)specify the matters which constitute the person’s failure so to comply;

(c)specify the measures which, in the officer’s opinion, the person must take in order to secure compliance; and

(d)require the person to take those measures, or measures that are at least equivalent to them, within such period (not being less than 14 days) as may be specified in the notice.”

(3) Subsections (1) and (6) of section 37 of the Act (appeals) apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the following modifications—

(a)for subsection (1), substitute—

“(1) Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of an authorised officer of an enforcement authority to serve an improvement notice under section 10(1), as applied and modified by regulation 7 of the Products Containing Meat etc. (Wales) Regulations 2014, may appeal to the magistrates’ court.”; and

(b)in subsection (6)—

(i)for “(3) or (4)”, substitute “(1)”; and

(ii)in paragraph (a), omit “or to the sheriff”.

(4) Section 39 of the Act (appeals against improvement notices) applies for the purposes of these Regulations with the following modifications—

(a)for subsection (1), substitute—

“(1) On an appeal against a decision of an authorised officer of an enforcement authority to serve an improvement notice under section 10(1), as applied and modified by regulation 7 of the Products Containing Meat etc. (Wales) Regulations 2014, the magistrates’ court may either cancel or affirm the notice, and, if it affirms it, may do so either in its original form or with such modifications as the court may in the circumstances think fit.”; and

(b)in subsection (3), omit “for want of prosecution”.

(5) The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modifications specified in column 2 of that table.

RevocationsE+W

8.—(1) The following Regulations are revoked—

(a)the Meat Products (Wales) Regulations 2004(12); and

(b)the Meat Products (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008(13).

(2) The entry relating to the Meat Products (Wales) Regulations 2004 in the table in Part 4 of the Schedule to the Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology or Numbering) Order 2012(14) is revoked.

Consequential amendmentsE+W

9.  Schedule 3 has effect.

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1E+WReserved descriptions

In this Schedule—

“cured meat” (“cig wedi ei halltu”) means a food consisting of meat and curing salt, whether or not the food also contains any other ingredient;

“curing salt” (“halen halltu”) means—

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 2E+WApplication and modification of other provisions of the Act

Regulation 9

SCHEDULE 3E+WConsequential amendments

Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2013E+W

1.  The Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2013(19) are amended as follows.

2.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)omit the definition of “meat product” (“cynnyrch cig”);

(b)for the definition of the “Meat Products Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Cynhyrchion Cig”) substitute—

““Meat Products Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Cynhyrchion Cig”) means the Products Containing Meat etc. (Wales) Regulations 2014;”;

(c)after the definition of “primary school” (“ysgol gynradd”), insert—

““product containing meat” (“cynnyrch sy’n cynnwys cig”) has the same meaning as “regulated product” (“cynnyrch rheoleiddiedig”) in regulation 2 of the Products Containing Meat etc. (Wales) Regulations 2014;”.

3.  In Schedule 3, in paragraph 8—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1) for “meat products” substitute, “products containing meat”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (2) for “meat product” substitute, “product containing meat”;

(c)in sub-paragraph (3) for “meat product” substitute, “product containing meat”;

(d)in sub-paragraph (4)—

(i)for “meat products” substitute, “products containing meat”; and

(ii)for “Schedule 2” substitute, “Schedule 1”.

(e)in sub-paragraph (5)—

(i)for “meat product” substitute, “product containing meat”;

(ii)for “regulation 6(2)” substitute, “regulation 5(2)”; and

(iii)for “regulation 6(3)” substitute, “regulation 5(3)”.

(f)in sub-paragraph (6) for “Schedule 2” substitute, “Schedule 1”; and

(g)in sub-paragraph (7) for “Schedule 2” substitute, “Schedule 1”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and replace the Meat Products (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1396 (W. 141)). They apply in relation to Wales (regulation 1).

The Regulations prohibit the use of specified names in the sale and advertising of regulated products if the products do not satisfy specific compositional requirements (regulation 4 and Schedule 1).

The Regulations prohibit, subject to an exception, the sale of uncooked regulated products which include among their ingredients specified parts of the carcase of any mammalian species of animal (regulation 5).

The Regulations impose an obligation on food authorities and port health authorities to enforce the Regulations (regulation 6).

Regulation 7 applies certain provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c. 16) with modifications. This includes the application (with modifications) of section 10(1) and (2), enabling an improvement notice to be served to require compliance with regulations 4(1) or (2) or 5(1). The provisions, as applied, make the failure to comply with an improvement notice an offence. In addition, the Regulations apply sections 37(1) and (6) and 39 of the Food Safety Act 1990 with modifications, enabling a decision to serve an improvement notice to be appealed (regulation 7).

The Regulations also apply certain other provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990, with modifications (regulation 7 and Schedule 2).

As well as revoking the Meat Products (Wales) Regulations 2004, the Regulations revoke the Meat Products (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/713 (W. 74)) (regulation 8).

Regulation 9 and Schedule 3 make consequential amendments to the Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2013.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Food Standards Agency at Food Standards Agency Wales, 11^th Floor, Southgate House, Wood Street, Cardiff, CF10 1EW.