12 Amendments of Lynn BOYLAN related to 2013/0435(COD)
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It should be clarified that foods from third countries which are regarded as novel foods in the Union should only be considered as traditional foods from third countries when they are derived from primary production as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, regardless of whether or not they are processed or unprocessed foods. Therefore, where and are either unprocessed or have gone through a primary process. However, where a secondary process involving the combination of foods in a particular way to change the properties of the food or involving a new production process has been applied to this food or where the food contains or consists of ‘engineered nanomaterials’ as defined in Article 2(2)(t) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, the food should not be considered to be traditional.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) food falling within the scope of Council Directive XXX/XX/EU on [on the placing on the market of food from animal clones]. Until Council Directive XXX/XX/EU on the placing on the market of food from animal clones enters into force, food derived from cloned animals and their descendants shall not be authorised and/or placed on the Union list of novel foods authorised to be placed on the market within the Union.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ‘traditional food from a third country’ means novel food, other than the novel food as referred to in point (a)(i) to (iii), which is derived from primary production, and is either unprocessed or has gone through a primary process without a secondary process that involves the combination of foods in a particular way to change the properties of the food, with a history of safe food use in a third country;
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'new production process' means a process not used for food production within the Union before 15 May 1997
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
(eb) 'Cloned animals' means animals produced by means of a method of asexual, artificial reproduction with the aim of producing a genetically identical or nearly identical copy of an individual animal
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e c (new)
(ec) 'descendants of cloned animals' means animals produced by means of sexual reproduction, in cases in which at least one of the progenitors is a cloned animal
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Food business operators shall consult athe Member State where they first intend to place the novel food in the market if they are unsure whether or not a food which they intend to place on the market within the Union falls within the scope of this Regulation. In that case, food business operators shall provide the necessary information to the Member State on request to enable it to determine in particular the extent to which the food in question was used for human consumption within the Union before 15 May 1997.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The entry for a novel food in the Union list provided for in paragraph 2 shall include where relevant:
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Where the additional information referred to in paragraph 3 is not sent to EFSA within the additional period referred to in that paragraph, it shall finalise its opinion on the basis of the information already provided to itthe procedure shall be suspended and a justification on the reasoning of this suspension shall be communicated by EFSA to the applicant, the Commission and the Member States.
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) where applicable, the conditions of use and specific labelling requirements, which do not mislead the consumer. and, where applicable, the maximum recommended intake and any possible adverse effects for specific groups
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Where the additional information referred to in paragraph 4 is not sent to EFSA within the additional period referred to in that paragraph, it shall finalise its opinion on the basis of the information already provided to itthe procedure shall be suspended and a justification on the reasoning of this suspension shall be communicated by EFSA to the applicant, the Commission and the Member States.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission mayshall, for food safety reasons and taking into account the opinion of EFSA,in line with the precautionary principle impose a requirement for post- market monitoring of afor all novel food, taking into account the opinion of EFSA for establishing the necessary period, in order to ensure that the use of the authorised novel food is within safe limits.