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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-genetic-technology-precision-breeding-regulations-2025/regulation-26",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348269123",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-genetic-technology-precision-breeding-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Assessment by the Food Standards Agency",
  "text": "(1) Where the Food Standards Agency determines under regulation 23(3) that the information provided in accordance with regulation 22(2) is sufficient to demonstrate the safety of the precision bred organism for use in food and feed without further assessment, the Food Standards Agency must report their conclusions on the application to the Secretary of State together with an assessment of any other legitimate factors the Food Standards Agency considers relevant to the issuing of a food and feed marketing authorisation.\n(2) The Food Standards Agency may take into account any further information provided under regulation 24 or any other information available to the Food Standards Agency through other means when preparing a report under paragraph (1).\n(3) If paragraph (1) does not apply, the Food Standards Agency must carry out an assessment of the safety of the precision bred organism for use in food and feed, having particular regard to the matters referred to in regulation 22(1)(b).\n(4) The Food Standards Agency may request that the applicant provides further information, including evidence, as part of the assessment under paragraph (3).\n(5) Where the Food Standards Agency has requested further information under paragraph (4), the applicant must provide that information within the time period specified by the Food Standards Agency in the request.\n(6) If the further information requested under paragraph (5) is not supplied within the time period specified by the Food Standards Agency the application is to be treated as withdrawn and the Food Standards Agency must advise the applicant accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348269123/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:39:31.398204+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}