{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quick-frozen-foodstuffs-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quick-frozen-foodstuffs-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2007/389",
  "legislation_title": "The Quick-frozen Foodstuffs (Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quick-frozen-foodstuffs-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Marketing or labelling of quick-frozen foodstuffs",
  "text": "(1) No person may place on the market any food intended for the ultimate consumer or any mass caterer where its labelling or marking contravenes paragraph (2) or (3) and no person may place on the market any food intended for any other person where its labelling or marking contravenes paragraph (2) or (4).\n(2) The description “quick-frozen” or its equivalent in any other language may only be used in the labelling for the purpose of placing on the market of—\n(a) a quick-frozen foodstuff; or\n(b) a food which by virtue of that labelling becomes a quick-frozen foodstuff.\n(3) A quick-frozen foodstuff intended for supply, without further processing, to the ultimate consumer or to a mass caterer must, in addition to the description “quick-frozen” (and, as the intending supplier may see fit, its equivalent in any other language) added to its sales name, be marked or labelled on its packaging, container or wrapping, or on a label attached thereto, with—\n(a) an indication of the date of minimum durability;\n(b) an indication of the maximum period during which it is advisable to store it;\n(c) an indication of—\n(i) the temperature at which, and/or\n(ii) the equipment in which,\nit is advisable to store it;\n(d) a reference allowing identification of the batch to which it belongs; and\n(e) a clear message of the type “do not refreeze after defrosting”.\n(4) Any other quick-frozen foodstuff must, in addition to the description “quick-frozen” (and, as the supplier may see fit, its equivalent in any other language) added to its sales name, be marked or labelled on its packaging, container or wrapping, or on a label attached thereto, with—\n(a) a reference allowing identification of the batch to which it belongs; and\n(b) the name or business name and address of the manufacturer or packer, or of a person who places that foodstuff on the market established within the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (13.12.2014) by The Food Information (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2303), reg. 1(3), Sch. 7 para. 44"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/434), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(3) substituted (13.12.2014) by The Food Information (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2303), reg. 1(3), Sch. 7 para. 44"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/434), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/434 reg. 4(3)(c)(i) (as substituted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving Provision) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1581), regs. 1(2), 3(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(4)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/434 reg. 4(3)(c)(ii) (as substituted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving Provision) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1581), regs. 1(2), 3(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/389/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:46.674645+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."
}