CHAPTER II U.K. REQUIREMENTS FOR PLACING NOVEL FOODS ON THE MARKET WITHIN [F1 GREAT BRITAIN]

Article 7 U.K. General conditions for [F2 authorisation of novel foods]

The [F3 appropriate authority must] only authorise [F4 a novel food] if it complies with the following conditions:

(a)

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

(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;

(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.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Art. 7 heading substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 17(5)(a) (with reg. 23)

F3 Words in Art. 7 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 13(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Art. 7 substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 17(5)(b) (with reg. 23)

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Ch. 2 title substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 11 (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 15(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)