The Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997

Regulation 2

THE SCHEDULE SPECIFIED COMMUNITY PROVISIONS

Provision of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97	Subject Matter
1.  Article 3.1	Requirement that foods and food ingredients falling within the scope of the Regulation must not be dangerous, misleading or differ from the foods or food ingredients they are intended to replace so as to be nutritionally disadvantageous.
2.  Article 3.2	Requirement that, subject to Article 3.3, specified procedures shall apply for the purposes of placing on the market the foods and food ingredients falling within the scope of the Regulation.
3.  Article 4.1	Requirement that the person responsible for placing on the Community market (“the applicant”) submit a request to the Member State in which the product is to be first marketed and at the same time transmit a copy of the request to the Commission.
4.  Article 5	Requirement that in the case of foods or food ingredients referred to in Article 3(4) the applicant notify the Commission of the placing on the market when he does so.
5.  Article 6.1	Requirement that the request referred to in Article 4.1 contain specified information and be accompanied by specified documentation.
6.  Article 6.4	Requirement that the applicant provide a copy of specified information if requested by a Member State.
7.  Article 8.1	Requirement that labelling inform the final consumer of any characteristic or food property which renders a novel food or food ingredient no longer equivalent to an existing food or food ingredient.
	Specific labelling requirements to ensure that in such a case, the labelling indicates the characteristics or properties modified and the method by which these were obtained.
	Requirement that labelling inform the final consumer of the presence in the novel food or food ingredient of material which is not present in an existing equivalent foodstuff and which may have implications for the health of certain sections of the population or gives rise to ethical concerns.
	Requirement that labelling inform the final consumer of the presence of a genetically modified organism.
8.  Article 9.1	Requirement that the information required in the request for placing on the market mentioned in Article 6.1 be accompanied by specified information and documentation where a food or food ingredient falling within the scope of the Regulations contains or consists of a genetically modified organism.