# The Food with Added Phytosterols or Phytostanols (Labelling) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1 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).
2 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.
3 These Regulations cease to have effect on 13 December 2014.
4 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2014/440/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-with-added-phytosterols-or-phytostanols-labelling-wales-amendment-regulations-2014/note
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