Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 62
AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND
The Free-Range Egg Marketing Standards (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025
Made
22nd January 2025
Coming into force
23rd January 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 37(1) and 50(3) of the Agriculture Act 2020( 1 ).
The Secretary of State has carried out a consultation, 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( 2 ), in relation to the revisions to food law made by these Regulations.
In accordance with sections 37(6) and 50(6)(a) of the Agriculture Act 2020, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Free-Range Egg Marketing Standards (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Amendment to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008
2. —(1) laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs( 3 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In Annex 2 (Minimum requirements for systems of production for the various egg farming methods), in paragraph 1, at the end of point (a), insert as new subparagraphs—
“ The second subparagraph does not apply to eggs marketed in England.
For eggs marketed in England, should measures adopted under assimilated law require access of hens to open-air runs to be restricted in order to protect public or animal health, those eggs may be marketed as ‘free-range’ notwithstanding that restriction. ” .
Daniel Zeichner
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
22nd January 2025
EUR 2002/178, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
EUR 2008/589, as amended by S.I. 2019/1422 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.