WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2191/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Submission of genetically modified basic varieties and varieties bred from them (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
8. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 174/9 (98/C 174/36) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2185/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (25 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Further development of demonstration methods What efforts are the Institutions of the EU making to facilitate further development of demonstration methods? (98/C 174/37) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2187/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (25 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Laboratory standards Are there generally binding procedures and prescribed reporting methods for the work to be carried out in laboratories? (98/C 174/38) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2189/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (25 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Submission of proof by applicants Will it continue to be a requirement that manufacturers are obliged to forward to the monitoring authorities their demonstration systems, including samples, antibodies required for demonstration purposes, gene probes and extraction records etc. ? (98/C 174/39) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2191/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (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 174/40) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2193/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (25 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › 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?