{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2283/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/2283",
  "legislation_title": "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 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2283",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Procedure for determination of novel food status",
  "text": "1. Food business operators must verify whether or not the food which they intend to place on the market within Great Britain falls within the scope of this Regulation.\n2. Where they are unsure whether or not a food which they intend to place on the market within Great Britain falls within the scope of this Regulation, food business operators must consult the Food Safety Authority. Food business operators must provide the necessary information to the Food Safety Authority to enable it to determine whether or not a food falls within the scope of this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 9 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 15(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2283/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:15.607182+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."
}