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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-and-novel-food-ingredients-regulations-1997/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1335",
  "legislation_title": "The Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-and-novel-food-ingredients-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule",
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  "number": "THE",
  "heading": "SPECIFIED COMMUNITY PROVISIONS",
  "text": "Provision of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97\nSubject Matter\n1 Article 3.1\nRequirement that foods and food ingredients falling within the scope of the Regulation must not be dangerous, misleading or differ from the foods or food ingredients they are intended to replace so as to be nutritionally disadvantageous.\n2 Article 3.2\nRequirement that, subject to Article 3.3, specified procedures shall apply for the purposes of placing on the market the foods and food ingredients falling within the scope of the Regulation.\n3 Article 4.1\nRequirement that the person responsible for placing on the Community market (“the applicant”) submit a request to the Member State in which the product is to be first marketed and at the same time transmit a copy of the request to the Commission.\n4 Article 5\nRequirement that in the case of foods or food ingredients referred to in Article 3(4) the applicant notify the Commission of the placing on the market when he does so.\n5 Article 6.1\nRequirement that the request referred to in Article 4.1 contain specified information and be accompanied by specified documentation.\n6 Article 6.4\nRequirement that the applicant provide a copy of specified information if requested by a Member State.\n7 Article 8.1\nRequirement 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.\nSpecific labelling requirements to ensure that in such a case, the labelling indicates the characteristics or properties modified and the method by which these were obtained.\nRequirement that labelling inform the final consumer of the presence in the novel food or food ingredient of material which is not present in an existing equivalent foodstuff and which may have implications for the health of certain sections of the population or gives rise to ethical concerns.\nRequirement that labelling inform the final consumer of the presence of a genetically modified organism.\n8 Article 9.1\nRequirement that the information required in the request for placing on the market mentioned in Article 6.1 be accompanied by specified information and documentation where a food or food ingredient falling within the scope of the Regulations contains or consists of a genetically modified organism.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) (Wales) Regulations 2000"
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      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) (Scotland) Regulations 2000"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2004/2335",
      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified Food (England) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2004/3220",
      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified Food (Wales) Regulations 2004"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "The Genetically Modified Food (Scotland) Regulations 2004"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
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