{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-import-controls-wales-order-2025/article-4",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/939",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Health (Import Controls) (Wales) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-import-controls-wales-order-2025",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exemptions from the prohibition in article 3",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the prohibition in article 3 does not apply to—\n(a) powdered infant milk, infant food or special foods required for medical reasons, which—\n(i) does not require refrigeration before opening;\n(ii) is a packaged proprietary brand product for direct sale to the final consumer, and\n(iii) is contained in unbroken packaging unless in the process of being consumed at the time of importation;\n(b) pet food required for health-related reasons, which—\n(i) is intended for the pet which accompanies the passenger at the time of travel;\n(ii) is shelf stable at ambient temperature;\n(iii) is a packaged proprietary brand product for direct sale to the final consumer, and\n(iv) is contained in unbroken packaging unless in the process of being consumed at the time of importation;\n(c) bread, cakes, biscuits, waffles, wafers, rusks, toasted bread or similar toasted product containing less than 20% of processed dairy products, and is—\n(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;\n(ii) for human consumption, and\n(iii) securely packaged or sealed in clean containers;\n(d) chocolate or confectionary (including sweets) containing less than 50% of processed dairy products, if the product is—\n(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;\n(ii) for human consumption, and\n(iii) securely packaged or sealed in clean containers;\n(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\n(f) pasta or noodles containing less than 50% of processed dairy products, excluding pasta and noodles mixed or filled with meat product, which are—\n(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;\n(ii) for human consumption, and\n(iii) securely packaged or sealed in clean containers.\n(2) The exemptions in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) do not apply where a person imports more than 2kg of those products in aggregate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/939/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:56.254704+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}