Regulation 9 Consequential amendments

(1)

In the Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997 M1 —

(a)

in regulation 2(1), in the definition of “Regulation EC No. 258/97”, after the words “novel foods and novel food ingredients” there shall be inserted: “ as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed ”.

(b)

in the Schedule, after item 6, there shall be inserted in the first column: “ 6A. Article 8.1 ” and in the second column: “ Requirement that labelling inform the final consumer of any characteristic or food property which renders a novel food or food ingredient no longer equivalent to an existing food or food ingredient. ”.

(2)

In the Food (Provisions Relating to Labelling) (England) Regulations 2003 M2, regulation 8 is hereby revoked.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1997/1335 as amended by S.I. 1999/1756, S.I. 1999/3182, S.I. 2000/253, S.I. 2000/656, S.I. 2000/768.
M2: S.I. 2003/2647.