Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 3182). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Novel food Data collection/reporting Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes Coming into force on 21 December, 1999. Abstract These Regulations amend the principal Regulations of 1997 in relation to England by applying provisions of section 25 of the Food Safety Act 1990 to information submitted as part of a request made by reference to Article 4.1 of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients. Article 4.1 requires the person responsible for placing such foods or ingredients on the market to submit a request for assessment to the relevant EC member State, and the provisions of the 1990 Act so applied call for information covered by them to be protected from disclosure save as specified in the section. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 1335 of 1997). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1997 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Novel food Source: FAO, FAOLEX