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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (Wales) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations—
(a) extend to England and Wales;
(b) apply in relation to Wales;
(c) come into force on 7 March 2024.
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(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing the entry into the Union of certain goods from certain third countries is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 3 (sampling and analyses)—
(a) after paragraph (e) insert—“
(ea) for food listed in Annex 2 due to the risk of presence of Listeria, the sampling and the analyses for the control of Listeria must be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods laid down in Annex 3a;”
(b) in paragraph (f), for “and (e)” substitute “, (e) and (ea)”.
(3) In Article 10 (results of sampling and analyses performed by the competent authorities of the third country), in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (d) insert—“
(e) the absence of Listeria in 25 g, for consignments of food listed in Annex 2 due to risk of microbiological contamination by Listeria.”
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(6) After Annex 3, insert the Annex 3a contained in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
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In the Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (Wales) Regulations 2022—
(a) in regulation 2 (amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793), omit paragraphs (2) and (3);
(b) omit Schedules 1 and 2.
Lynne Neagle
Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, under the authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
31 January 2024
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2(4)

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SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 2(5)

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SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 2(6)
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ANNEX 3a

Analytical reference method Weight of consignment Number of sample units (n) Sampling procedures Analytical result required for each sample unit of the same consignment
BS EN ISO 11290-1:2017 Any weight 5 n sample units are collected of a minimum of 100 g each. If batches are identified in the CHED, the sample units must be collected from the different batches randomly chosen from the consignment. If batches cannot be identified, the sample units are collected randomly from the consignment. Pooling of sample units is not allowed. Each sample unit must be tested separately. No detection of
 Listeria in 25g


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