- Enforced by
- FSA, Food Standards Scotland
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 13 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 12 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 8 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Operator — also bound by 803 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 864 other Acts
Applicant — also bound by 325 other Acts
Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
- Check and verify if your food product is classed as 'novel'Operator
- Only sell or use authorised novel foodsTrader
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appropriate authority must ensure novel foods meet safety and transparency criteriaStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FSA/FSS must determine novel food status and set authorisation conditionsStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Food Safety Authority must provide a safety opinion on novel food applicationsStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- UK authorities must determine novel food applications within seven monthsCrown / Minister / Government department
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appropriate authority must process and authorise traditional food notificationsStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Food Safety Authority must issue an opinion on traditional food applicationsStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Government must decide on traditional food authorisations within three monthsCrown / Minister / Government department
- Request and justify confidential treatment for novel food applicationsApplicant
- Report new safety info or overseas restrictions on novel foodsOperator
- Fail to comply with novel foods authorisation requirementsAny Person
Unlimited fine
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FSA must maintain and publish a list of authorised novel foodsStatutory regulator
26 other provisions — procedural and definitional
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.