The Animal Health (Import Controls) (Wales) Order 2025

• Citation: S.I. 2025/939 (W.)
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title, extent, application and coming into force

(1) The title of this Order is the Animal Health (Import Controls) (Wales) Order 2025.

(2) This Order—

(a) extends to England and Wales;

(b) applies in relation to Wales;

(c) comes into force on 8 August 2025.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“ animal by-products ” (“ sgil-gynhyrchion anifeiliaid ”) means entire bodies or parts of animals, products of animal origin or other products obtained from animals, which are not intended for human consumption, excluding germinal products;

“ derived products ” (“ cynhyrchion deilliedig ”) means products obtained from one or more treatments, transformations or steps in the processing of animal by-products;

“ meat product ” (“ cynnyrch cig ”) means any food made from the meat or blood of an animal;

“ pig ” (“ mochyn ”) means any animal of the Suidae family;

“ products from a susceptible animal ” (“ cynhyrchion o anifail sy’n dueddol i glefyd ”) means any of the following, consisting, in whole or in part, of a body of a susceptible animal, or derived from a susceptible animal—

products of animal origin;

animal by-products, or

derived products;

“ products of animal origin ” (“ cynhyrchion sy’n dod o anifeiliaid ”) means any food of animal origin, including meat product;

“ susceptible animal ” (“ anifail sy’n dueddol i glefyd ”) means a cow, bull, sheep, goat, deer, camel, llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuna, or other ruminant, pig or elephant;

“ territory subject to special transitional import arrangements ” (“ tiriogaeth sy’n ddarostyngedig i drefniadau mewnforio trosiannol arbennig ”) means—

an EEA state;

the Faroe Islands;

Greenland;

Switzerland.

Section 3 Prohibition of personal imports of products from susceptible animals

Subject to article 4, no person may import products from a susceptible animal into Wales from a territory subject to special transitional import arrangements where that product is intended for personal use or consumption.

Section 4 Exemptions from the prohibition in article 3

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the prohibition in article 3 does not apply to—

(a) powdered infant milk, infant food or special foods required for medical reasons, which—

(i) does not require refrigeration before opening;

(ii) is a packaged proprietary brand product for direct sale to the final consumer, and

(iii) is contained in unbroken packaging unless in the process of being consumed at the time of importation;

(b) pet food required for health-related reasons, which—

(i) is intended for the pet which accompanies the passenger at the time of travel;

(ii) is shelf stable at ambient temperature;

(iii) is a packaged proprietary brand product for direct sale to the final consumer, and

(iv) is contained in unbroken packaging unless in the process of being consumed at the time of importation;

(c) bread, cakes, biscuits, waffles, wafers, rusks, toasted bread or similar toasted product containing less than 20% of processed dairy products, and is—

(i) shelf-stable at ambient temperature or has clearly undergone in its manufacture a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout its substance so that any raw product is denatured;

(ii) for human consumption, and

(iii) securely packaged or sealed in clean containers;

(d) chocolate or confectionary (including sweets) containing less than 50% of processed dairy products, if the product is—

(i) shelf-stable at ambient temperature or has undergone in its manufacture a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout its substance so that any raw product is denatured;

(ii) for human consumption, and

(iii) securely packaged or sealed in clean containers;

(e) food supplements packaged for the final consumer containing in total less than 20% of processed animal products (including glucosamine or chondroitin) not including meat products, and

(f) pasta or noodles containing less than 50% of processed dairy products, excluding pasta and noodles mixed or filled with meat product, which are—

(i) shelf-stable at ambient temperature or has undergone in its manufacture a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout its substance so that any raw product is denatured;

(ii) for human consumption, and

(iii) securely packaged or sealed in clean containers.

(2) The exemptions in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) do not apply where a person imports more than 2kg of those products in aggregate.