The 2013 S&Q Regulations came into effect on April 6, 2013 and support the UK Food Safety Act of 1990 that details how authorized officers of local authorities should submit samples for chemical analysis to public analysts or for microbiological examinations to food examiners. The S&Q Regulations also support the Official Controls Regulation 2017/625, retained from the EU, which provides a legislative framework on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health, and plant protection products.