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New Foodstuff and New Ingredients Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 30, 29 May 1998, pp. 1125 and 1126.
Long title
Ordinance implementing common provisions on new foodstuff and new ingredients for foodstuffs.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Novel food Food additives Authorization/permit Inspection Institution
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

An Ordinance implementing the Directive (EC) No. 258/97 of the European Parliament and of Council of 27 January 1997 on new foodstuff and new ingredients for foodstuffs. Article 1 establishes that in the Federal Republic of Germany the competent authority to carry out the first inspection of new foodstuffs and ingredients as set out in article 1, paragraph 2, letter a) of the aforementioned Directive of the EC is the Robert Koch Institute; for foodstuffs in the sense of article 1, paragraph 2, letter b), of the said Directive, it is the Federal Institute for Consumer Protection and Veterinary Medicine. Request for the authorization of new foodstuffs and ingredients must be addressed to the above-mentioned authorities. Article 3 establishes that new foodstuffs may not be marketed without having previously received the approval of the competent authorities. The Ordinance consists of 4 articles.

Full text
German

References - Legislation

Implements

Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients.

Legislation | European Union | 1997

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Novel food, Fraud

Source: FAO, FAOLEX