# The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2020, Introduction: Introductory text


Agriculture, Wales
Food, Wales
Made 8 December 2020
Laid before Senedd Cymru 10 December 2020
Coming into force 31 December 2020
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972, make the following Regulations.
The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures in respect of food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals, measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health, and measures in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for references to EU instruments inserted into the statutory instruments amended by these Regulations to be construed as a references to those EU instruments as amended from time to time.
There has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/1487/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2020/introduction
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