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Food Law News - UK - 2022

FSA Consultation, 17 October 2022

NOVEL FOODS / ADDITIVES - Consultation on applications for authorisation of miscellaneous regulated products: two novel foods, one flavouring and one food additive (England and Wales specific)

FSA Consultation: Consultation on applications for authorisation of miscellaneous regulated products: two novel foods, one food additive and one flavouring A copy of the consultation document is available on this site (click on image) Provided under the Open Government Licence. The original webpage was accessed from:

The consultation closes on 11 December 2022. To see the consultation page, see: Consultation on applications for authorisation of miscellaneous regulated products: two novel foods, one flavouring and one food additive.

This consultation seeks stakeholders’ views, comments and feedback in relation to the regulated product applications considered in this document, which have been submitted for authorisation.

This consultation will be of most interest to:

Food industry trade associations.

• Food business operators in the UK wishing to use the novel foods, flavouring or food additive.
• Enforcement Authorities, including Local Authorities, Port Health Authorities and District Councils. 
• Consumers and wider stakeholders.

Consultation subject and purpose

This consultation seeks stakeholders’ views, comments and feedback in relation to the regulated product applications considered in this document, which have been submitted for authorisation (either as new authorisations or for extension of use / modification).  We ask stakeholders to consider any relevant provisions of retained EU law and other legitimate factors (other evidence further supporting clear, rational and justifiable risk analysis, such as consumer interests, technical feasibility and environmental factors), including those that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have identified as relevant to these applications.  This is stakeholders’ opportunity for input on the advice given to Ministers to inform decision making.

The consultation concerns the following regulated products:

• RP1158    Vitamin D2 mushroom powder - novel food
• RP1292    UV-treated baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) – novel food
• RP1382     3-(1-((3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)methyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1-(3-hydroxybenzyl)imidazolidine-2,4-dione – flavouring
• RP1194    Rebaudioside M – food additive

The FSA/FSS scientific opinions, and the views gathered through this consultation, will be considered and included alongside those of officials across the FSA, FSS and, for novel foods, UK Government Departments other than the FSA to inform Ministers’ decision-making on whether to authorise the individual regulated products for use in Great Britain (GB).

A parallel consultation is being published by FSS.