Activities of Daciana Octavia SÂRBU related to 2013/0435(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Novel foods (debate) RO
Amendments (12)
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Food from cloned animals has been regulated under Regulation (EC) No 258/1997 and is due to be prohibited under the forthcoming regulation on the placing of the market of food from animal clones. In accordance with this forthcoming regulation, food from cloned animals should be excluded from the scope of this Novel Food Regulation and should not be placed on the market in the Union.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Food derived from cloned animals shall not be placed on the Union list of novel foods or be placed on the market.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Emerging technologies in food production processes may have an impact on food and thereby on food safety. Therefore, it should also be clarified that a food should be considered as a novel food where a production process which was not previously used for food production in the Union is applied to that food or when foods contain or consist of engineered nanomaterials, as defined in Article 2(2)(t) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 . __________________ 16Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directive 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18).
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) ‘novel food’ means all food that was not used for human consumption to a significant degree within the Union before 15 May 1997 irrespective of the date of accession of the various Member States to the Union and includes in particularthat falls under at least one of the following categories:
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) food to which a newresulted from a production process not used for food production within the Union before 15 May 1997 is applied, where that production processich gives rise to significant changes in the composition or structure of the food which affect its nutritional value, the way it is metabolised or the level of undesirable substances;
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) - food with a new or intentionally modified primary molecular structure;
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i b (new)
(ib) - food containing, consisting of, or produced from microorganisms, fungi or algae;
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i c (new)
(ic) food containing, consisting of, or produced from plants, or their parts, except for plants obtained by traditional propagating or breeding practices and having a history of safe food use within the Union, where those practices do not give rise to significant changes in the composition or structure of the food affecting their nutritional value, metabolism or level of undesirable substances;
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i d (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i d (new)
(id) food containing, consisting of, or produced from insects or their parts;
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) food containing or consisting of ‘engineered nanomaterials’ as defined in Article 2(2)(t) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011resulting from or affected by intentional changes in the particle size, shape or structure, or in the particle size distribution, through any technology that reduces them to nanoscale;
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii – indent 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii – indent 2
– such substances contain or consist of ‘engineered nanomaterials’ as defined in Article 2(2)t of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011result from or affected by intentional changes in the particle size, shape or structure, or in the particle size distribution, through any technology that reduces them to a nanoscale;