EU regulation laying down administrative and scientific requirements for applications regarding novel food European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate-General has notifies administrative and scientific requirements for applications regarding novel food. According to Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 on novel foods, the European Commission has to establish administrative and scientific requirements for novel food applications. This implementing act will indicate what type of information (e.g. application letter, technical dossier containing administrative and scientific data) is needed in the application. It will also contain the procedures for checking the validity of an application by the European Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and will list the type of information to be included in the EFSA opinion. Products covered : Novel food Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): December 2017 Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): December 2017 Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 6 October 2017 | 
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