EU/221
WTO/SPS
CE Europäische Union
  • 67 - Lebensmitteltechnologie
2017-10-06
2017-08-09
Novel food

Commission Regulation (EU) XXX/XX on the procedural steps of the consultation process for determination of novel food status in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods (Text with EEA relevance).

According to Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 on novel foods, the European Commission has to specify the procedural steps of the consultation process established in Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 including deadlines and the means to make the status publicly available.

Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 establishes that, where food business operators (FBOs) are unsure whether or not a food which they intend to place on the market within the European Union falls within the scope of this Regulation, FBOs shall consult the EU member State where they first intend to place the novel food on the market. FBOs shall provide the necessary information to that EU member State to enable the determination whether or not a food falls within the scope of this Regulation.

In order to carry out such determination the EU member State may consult other member States and the European Commission.