Consultation on Market Authorisation of a Traditional Food Bambara Groundnuts

Overview

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are seeking stakeholder views in relation to a traditional food from a third country. 

This consultation seeks stakeholder's views, comments, and feedback in relation to the traditional food considered in this document. A traditional food notification of intention to place on the market Bambara groundnut (seeds and seed flour of Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) was submitted under Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 (“the Novel Food Regulations”), Notification of a traditional food from a third country. FSS did not raise any safety objections, therefore, the Minister must authorise. 

This consultation will be of interest to:  

All Scottish food and feed businesses, Local Authorities and other stakeholders with an interest in food safety. A list of interested parties is included in Annex A of the consultation pack. 

A separate parallel consultation is published by Food Standards Agency (FSA) England and Wales for England and Wales.  

Why your views matter

This consultation provides the opportunity for stakeholders to comment and express views on the conditions for use and specific labelling requirements in the terms of authorisation of the traditional food from a third country. FSS will take stakeholders’ feedback into account and inform the Scottish Ministers of stakeholders’ views before Ministers decide on the authorisation.  

What happens next

Responses to this consultation should be submitted via the online Citizen Space survey. 

Please state in your response:  

• Whether you are responding as a private individual or on behalf of an organisation/company (including details of any stakeholders your organisation represents). 

• Which application(s)/product(s) you are commenting on. 

• whether you give us permission to quote your name or that of your organisation in the publication of the results. 

If it is not possible to submit your response via Citizen Space, you can email a response to: LabellingStandardsandRegulatedProducts@fss.scot 

For information on how FSS handles your personal data, please refer to the Consultation privacy notice. 

All responses to this consultation will be published by FSS within three months of the consultation closing. All responses should be sent through the Citizen Space entry for this consultation. Responses will be shared with the FSA and ministers.  

A detailed Privacy Policy is available on our website, that explains how FSS will safeguard and process any personal identifiable information that we collect from you in relation to this consultation.

If you require a more accessible format of this document, such as in Braille or in another language, please send details to colleen.sandison@fss.scot and your request will be considered. 

Please feel free to pass this document to any other interested parties or send us their full contact details and we will arrange for a copy to be sent to them direct.  

This consultation has been prepared in accordance with HM Code of Practice on Consultation Principles.  

The potential impacts in respect of our proposals are addressed in the consultation document. If no Impact Assessment has been provided, the reason will be given in the consultation document.  

Thank you on behalf of FSS for participating in this public consultation.