Guidance: Wales
Guidance notes for Regulations in Wales.
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Draft Feeding Stuffs (Establishments and Intermediaries) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004: Guidance Notes
Guidance Notes on certain of the provisions of the Draft Feeding Stuffs (Establishments And Intermediaries) Regulations 2004.
European Parliament and Council Regulation 767/2009 of 13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and the use of feed (Wales)
This note sets out, in question-and-answer form, the Food Standards Agency in Wales's guidance on the interpretation and enforcement of certain aspects of the Regulation following specific requests from feed industry and enforcement stakeholders.
Food chain information for cattle/calves, sheep and goats in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
From 1 January 2010 EU food hygiene legislation required slaughterhouse operators to ‘request, receive, check and act upon’ food chain information (FCI) for all cattle, sheep and goats sent for slaughter for human consumption. The Agency has produced guidance and model forms to help food businesses.
Genetically modified food and feed and traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms: Guidance note (Wales)
Guidance for Wales on regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, genetically modified food and feed; and regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, traceability and labelling and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms, and amending Directive 2001/18.
Guidance for Feed and Food Business Operators on the import of feed and food of non-animal origin of known or emerging risk
This guidance is for feed and food business operators who import feed and/or food of non-animal origin of known or emerging risk. It provides information regarding the increased level of controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin to assist compliance.
Guidance for enforcement officers on Regulation (EC) No 669/2009
This guidance is for Port Health Authorities and Local Authorities and explains safeguard measures and the enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 concerning the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin (FNOA) of known or emerging risk.
Guidance on allergen and miscellaneous labelling provisions
These Guidance Notes cover separate but parallel Regulations in all four countries of the UK.
Guidance on expenses arising from 'additional official controls'
The Food Standards Agency has issued guidance notes to provide advice in relation to Regulation 43 of the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009. Parallel regulations apply in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Guidance on the 2006 food hygiene legislation for Wales and Welsh speakers
The FSA has produced a number of guidance documents, which can be accessed from this page, to the 2006 regulations to help food businesses understand the legal requirements with which they will have to comply.
Guidance to the Main Provisions of the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2005
This document is an introductory guide to the main provisions. It is intended for the use of enforcement personnel and feed business operators (for example, feed manufacturers, importers, merchants, food businesses selling food products into the animal feed chain), including new businesses wishing to gain an understanding of the legislation.
Home Slaughter Of Livestock: A Guide To The Law In Wales
Guidance updated March 2011
Illegal Meat Guidance Notes Wales
Food Standards Agency guidance on illegal meat and poultry meat for food law enforcement officers in Wales is in the process of being updated. Following the introduction of the European Union Food Hygiene Regulations on 1 January 2006, much of the legislation contained with the guidance has been repealed.
Ingredient declaration of compound feedingstuffs by percentage weight of inclusion (Wales)
An introductory guide to the provisions of the new legislation intended for the use of enforcement personnel and feed business operators (for example, feed manufacturers, importers, merchants and food businesses selling food products into the animal feed chain), including new businesses wishing to gain an understanding of the legislation.
Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations 2007 (As Amended) Guidance Note
Guidance is available on the recognition, exploitation, bottling and labelling rules for natural mineral water, spring water and bottled drinking water in the UK.
Natural mineral waters
The Agency in Wales retains the lead with bottled water policy. The list of natural mineral waters recognised in the UK can now be found at the link below.
Officially tuberculosis-free status and dairy hygiene legislation: Guidance notes for Wales
This guidance provides information and advice to food authorities in Wales who have dairy herds and/or dairy establishments in their area producing raw cows drinking milk and/or unpasteurised milk-based products.