{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-wales-regulations-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-wales-regulations-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2006/31",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-wales-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "General exemptions from the chill holding requirements",
  "text": "Sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) of paragraph 2 does not apply in relation to—\n(a) food which—\n(i) has been cooked or reheated,\n(ii) is for service or on display for sale, and\n(iii) needs to be kept at or above 63°C in order to control the growth of pathogenic micro-organisms or the formation of toxins;\n(b) food which, for the duration of its shelf life may be kept at ambient temperatures with no risk to health;\n(c) food which is being or has been subjected to a process such as dehydration or canning intended to prevent the growth of pathogenic micro-organisms at ambient temperatures, but not where—\n(i) after or by virtue of that process the food was contained in a hermetically sealed container, and\n(ii) that container has been opened;\n(d) food which must be ripened or matured at ambient temperatures, but not when the process of ripening or maturation is completed;\n(e) raw food intended for further processing (including cooking) before human consumption, but only if that processing, if undertaken correctly, will render that food fit for human consumption;\n(f) food to which Commission Regulation 543/2008 and Regulation 1308/2013 apply; and\n(g) food to which Commission Regulation 589/2008 and Regulation 1308/2013 apply.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(f) substituted (26.7.2018) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/806), regs. 1(3), 11(8)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(g) substituted (26.7.2018) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/806), regs. 1(3), 11(8)(a)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/31/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:51.733241+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."
}