The Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (Wales) Regulations 2024

• Citation: S.I. 2024/119 (W.)
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title, extent, application and coming into force

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 ) (Wales) Regulations 2024.

(2) These Regulations—

(a) extend to England and Wales;

(b) apply in relation to Wales;

(c) come into force on 7 March 2024.

Section 2 Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing the entry into the Union of certain goods from certain third countries is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 3 (sampling and analyses)—

(a) after paragraph (e) insert—

(ea) for food listed in Annex 2 due to the risk of presence of Listeria , the sampling and the analyses for the control of Listeria must be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods laid down in Annex 3a;

(b) in paragraph (f), for “and (e)” substitute “, (e) and (ea)” .

(3) In Article 10 (results of sampling and analyses performed by the competent authorities of the third country), in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

(e) the absence of Listeria in 25 g, for consignments of food listed in Annex 2 due to risk of microbiological contamination by Listeria .

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(6) After Annex 3, insert the Annex 3a contained in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

Section 3 Amendment of the Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 ) (Wales) Regulations 2022

In the Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 ) (Wales) Regulations 2022 —

(a) in regulation 2 (amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 ), omit paragraphs (2) and (3);

(b) omit Schedules 1 and 2.