Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/456
of 19 March 2018
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)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, 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(1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 lays down rules for the placing on the market and use of novel foods in the Union.
(2) Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 lays down basic principles on the procedure for the determination of novel food status. Paragraph 1 of that Article requires food business operators to verify whether or not the food which they intend to place on the Union market falls within the scope of that Regulation.
(3) In order to determine the novel food status of a particular food, a consultation request should be submitted. The Member States should verify the validity of such requests. Therefore, it is necessary to establish rules for the verification process.
(4) Rules should be established in order to ensure that the consultation request for determination of novel food status provides all the information necessary for the evaluation by the Member States.
(5) In order to ensure that food business operators and the public are informed of the novel food status, the information on the novel food status should be made publicly available.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
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