The F2appropriate authority must only authorise F3a novel food if it complies with the following conditions:

1. (a)

   the food does not, on the basis of the scientific evidence available, pose a safety risk to human health;

2. (b)

   the food's intended use does not mislead the consumer, especially when the food is intended to replace another food and there is a significant change in the nutritional value;

3. (c)

   where the food is intended to replace another food, it does not differ from that food in such a way that its normal consumption would be nutritionally disadvantageous for the consumer.