# The Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) (Wales) Regulations 2013, Regulation 5: Qualifications of food examiners


(1) A person is qualified to be a food examiner if that person—
(a) before the coming into force of these Regulations, was qualified to be a food examiner under regulation 4 of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990 ; or
(b) on or after that date,
(i) possesses a qualification listed in Part 1 of Schedule 2; and
(ii) has carried out examination of food over a period or periods amounting in aggregate to at least 3 years in one or more of the laboratories listed in Part 2 of that Schedule.
(2) In calculating the qualification period in paragraph (1)(b)(ii), no account is to be taken of any period spent as an undergraduate in a laboratory specified in paragraphs 4 to 6 of Part 2 of Schedule 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/479/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-sampling-and-qualifications-wales-regulations-2013/regulation-5
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