WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2194/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Council. Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Recording the origins of novel food products
C 82/42 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 3. 98 (98/C 82/75) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2190/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (25 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Submission of genetically modified basic varieties and varieties bred from them Is it intended for the manufacturer to submit, in parallels with the tests, both genetically modified basic vartieties and varieties bred from them (given that in some cases significant changes are apparent only from a direct comparison)? (98/C 82/76) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2194/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (25 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Recording the origins of novel food products Are manufacturing firms obliged, as part of quality control, to keep a record of the origin of all ingredients used in food production and, where required, to forward such records to the authorities? Joint answer to Written Questions E-2188/97, E-2190/97 and E-2194/97 (28 October 1997) Article 4(4) of the Regulation cited by the Honourable Member, with any supplements adopted in accordance with paragraph 5 or, where applicable, Article 3(4) or Article 9(1) of the Regulation, covers the information to be supplied in support of a request for the placing of products on the market. This information does not prejudge implementation of the assessment procedures by the assessment bodies referred to in Article 4(3) of that Regulation. (98/C 82/77) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2192/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (25 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258797 › Recording of, and safety guarantees for, novel food products Is it intended that authorities should keep a record of the foods in which various manufacturers use genetically modified products so that if, following consumption of such foods, there is an occurrence of a health problem which cannot be foreseen at present, all the products in question can be recalled? (98/C 82/78) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2204/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (25 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Transparency of authorizations of novel food products 1. 2. How will the requisite level of long-term public transparency and information be guaranteed? Are the consumer organizations to be informed of all the products that have been authorized? 3. What guarantees are there that this information will be complete and up-to-date?