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These Regulations provide for the enforcement and execution of certain specified provisions of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1852/2001.
Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 revises the requirements for placing novel foods on the market. The requirements have been updated in accordance with technical and scientific progress and include an updated definition of what constitutes a “novel food” and the European Commission will establish a European Union list of approved novel foods.
Regulation 3 makes food authorities responsible for the enforcement of these Regulations.
Regulation 4 provides for an offence and penalty.
Regulation 5 applies Schedules 2 and 3 of the Regulations. These Schedules give power to food authorities to issue various civil sanctions and notices upon food businesses to enforce compliance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.
Regulation 6 provides for appeals of civil sanctions and notices.
Regulation 7 applies specified provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c.16) (with modifications) to these Regulations.
Regulation 8 revokes the Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1335) and the Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients (Fees) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1336) in relation to England.
Regulation 9 provides for periodic review of the operation and effectiveness of the Regulations, and for publication of a report setting out the conclusions of each review.
A full impact assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business and food authorities is available from the Food Standards Agency, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH, and is also available together with these Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk.
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