The Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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55.  In Annex 2—

(a)in Section 2—

(i)in paragraph 1.1.2(b), for “Union”, substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(ii)in paragraph 1.3.1, in the seventh subparagraph, omit “in the EFSA scientific opinion ‘Guidance on the selection of comparators for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants and derived food and feed”;

(iii)in paragraph 1.3.2.1, in the final subparagraph, for “in the EFSA opinion on ‘Statistical considerations for the safety evaluation of GMOs’”, substitute “ from the Food Safety Authority ”;

(iv)in paragraph 1.3.2.2, in the final subparagraph, for “in the EFSA opinion on ‘Statistical considerations for the safety evaluation of GMOs’”, substitute “ from the Food Safety Authority ”;

(v)in paragraph 1.4.2, for “analogous to that described in the ‘Guidance for submission for food additive evaluations by the EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food’ of 16 August 2012” substitute “ in accordance with food additives guidance available from the Food Safety Authority ”;

(vi)in paragraph 1.4.4.1, in the final subparagraph, for “for performing this study is provided in the EFSA Guidance on conducting repeated-dose 90-day oral toxicity study in rodents on whole food/feed.”, substitute “ on conducting repeated dose 90-day oral toxicity study in rodents on whole food and feed is available from the Food Safety Authority ”;

(vii)in paragraph 1.5, in the final subparagraph, for “in the EFSA scientific opinion on the assessment of the allergenicity of GM plants and micro-organisms and derived food and feed adopted on 30 June 2010.”, substitute “ from the Food Safety Authority. ”;

(viii)in paragraph 1.6.4, in the final subparagraph, for “in the Report of the EFSA GMO Panel Working Group on Animal Feeding Trials.”, substitute “ from the Food Safety Authority. ”;

(ix)in paragraph 2—

(aa)in the first subparagraph, omit “in the EU”;

(bb)in the second subparagraph, for “EU population”, substitute “ population of the United Kingdom and the EU ”.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 55 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1