Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make an amendment to the Food with Added Phytosterols or Phytostanols (Labelling) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1224 (W.82)) in order to provide for the execution and enforcement of Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 concerning the labelling of foods and food ingredients with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/or phytostanol esters (OJ No. L97, 1.4.2004, p.44) as amended by and as read with Commission Regulation (EU) No 718/2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ No. L201, 26.7.2013, p.49).
Commission Regulation (EU) No 718/2013 amends in one respect the information required to be given on the labelling of foods and food ingredients with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/or phytostanol esters, and provides for a transitional period for compliance with this requirement.
These Regulations cease to have effect on 13 December 2014.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Food Policy Team at the Food Standards Agency in Wales, 11th Floor, Southgate House, Wood Street, Cardiff, CF10 1EW.