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1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Honey (Wales) Regulations 2015.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 3 August 2015 and apply in relation to Wales.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in force at 3.8.2015, see reg. 1(2)
2.—(1) In these Regulations “honey” (“mêl”) means the natural sweet substance produced by Apis mellifera bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant-sucking insects on the living parts of plants which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store and leave in honeycombs to ripen and mature.
(2) In these Regulations—
“baker’s honey” (“mêl pobydd”) means honey that is suitable for industrial use or as an ingredient in another foodstuff which is then processed;
“blossom honey” (“mêl blodau”) and “nectar honey” (“mêl neithdar”) mean honeys obtained from the nectar of plants;
“chunk honey” (“mêl talpiau”) and “cut comb in honey” (“diliau wedi eu torri mewn mêl”) mean honeys which contain one or more pieces of comb honey;
“comb honey” (“mêl diliau”) means honey stored by bees in the cells of freshly built broodless combs or thin comb foundation sheets made solely of beeswax and sold in sealed whole combs or sections of such combs;
“drained honey” (“mêl wedi ei ddraenio”) means honey obtained by draining de-capped broodless combs;
“extracted honey” (“mêl wedi ei echdynnu”) means honey obtained by centrifuging de-capped broodless combs;
“filtered honey” (“mêl wedi ei hidlo”) means honey obtained by removing foreign inorganic or organic matters in such a way as to result in the significant removal of pollen;
“honeydew honey” (“mêl melwlith”) means honey obtained mainly from excretions of plant sucking insects (Hemiptera) on the living part of plants or secretions of living parts of plants;
“pressed honey” (“mêl wedi ei wasgu”) means honey obtained by pressing broodless combs with or without the application of moderate heat not exceeding 45° Celsius.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in force at 3.8.2015, see reg. 1(2)
3.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“bulk containers” (“cynwysyddion swmpus”) has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;
“FIC” (“FIC”) means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004(1);
“food authority” (“awdurdod bwyd”) means—
a county council;
a county borough council;
“the Honey Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Mêl”) means Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey(2);
“ingredient” (“cynhwysyn”) has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(f) of FIC, as read with Article 2(5) of the Honey Directive;
“in trade” (“mewn masnach”) has the same meaning as in the Honey Directive and “trade in” and “trading in” are to be construed accordingly;
“label” (“label”) has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(i) of FIC;
“packs” (“pecynnau”) has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;
“trade documents” (“dogfennau masnach”) has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;
“specific quality criteria” (“meini prawf ansawdd penodol”) has the same meaning as in the third indented paragraph of paragraph (b) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Article 2 of the Honey Directive.
(2) Any other expression used in both these Regulations and in the Honey Directive has the same meaning in these Regulations as in that Directive.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 3 in force at 3.8.2015, see reg. 1(2)
4.—(1) The following provisions only apply in relation to a product intended for supply to a final consumer or mass caterer—
(a)Part 2, except for regulations 14(4) and 15(4) and (5);
(b)regulation 16(1) and (2);
(c)Part 4.
(2) Regulation 16(3) and (4) only apply where the products intended for human consumption specified in those paragraphs (the products to which honey is added as an ingredient) are intended for supply to a final consumer or mass caterer.
(3) In this regulation—
“final consumer” (“defnyddiwr terfynol”) has the meaning given in point 18 of Article 3 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(3);
“mass caterer” (“arlwywr mawr”) has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(d) of FIC.
Commencement Information
I4Reg. 4 in force at 3.8.2015, see reg. 1(2)
5. Where two or more provisions of these Regulations apply in determining the name to be used in respect of a particular honey, a person trading in that honey must use a name or combination name which complies with the requirements of each of those provisions.
Commencement Information
I5Reg. 5 in force at 3.8.2015, see reg. 1(2)
OJ No L 304, 22.11.2011, p 18, last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 78/2014 (OJ No L 27, 30.1.2014, p 7).
OJ No L 10, 12.1.2002, p 47, last amended by Directive 2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No 164, 3.6.2014, p 1).
OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p 1, last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p 1).
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