• Business guidance

Guidance for regulated products applicants

Content: Business guidance

Published by:

  • Food Standards Scotland

Summary

Important: market authorisation process reform

On 1st April 2025 the legislation covering the market authorisation process in Great Britain (GB) for regulated products was amended which:  

  • removes requirements for the periodic renewal of authorisations for feed additives, smoke flavourings and food or feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified organisms.
  • allows authorisations to come into effect following ministerial decision and then be published in an official register or list, rather than being prescribed by statutory instrument (SI). 

Our guidance was amended to take these changes into account. You may wish to refer to further information on the reforms and how they relate to specific product types.

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