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Article 7 General conditions for authorisation of novel foodsF3

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

The F1appropriate authority must only authorise F2a novel food if it complies with the following conditions:

  1. (a)

    the food does not, on the basis of the scientific evidence available, pose a safety risk to human health;

  2. (b)

    the food's intended use does not mislead the consumer, especially when the food is intended to replace another food and there is a significant change in the nutritional value;

  3. (c)

    where the food is intended to replace another food, it does not differ from that food in such a way that its normal consumption would be nutritionally disadvantageous for the consumer.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 7 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 13(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in Art. 7 substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 17(5)(b) (with reg. 23)

F3

Words in Art. 7 heading substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 17(5)(a) (with reg. 23)

Notes on Chapter II

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Ch. 2 title substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 11 (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 15(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)