The specified foodstuffs shall not be subject to the additional specific labelling requirements where: (a) neither protein nor DNA resulting from genetic modification is present in their food ingredients; or (b) material derived from the genetically modified organisms together with any material derived from other genetically modified organisms, is present in their food ingredients or the food comprising a single ingredient in a proportion no higher than 1 percent of the food ingredients individually considered or food comprising a single ingredient, provided this presence is adventitious. In order to establish that the presence of this material is adventitious, operators must be in a position to supply evidence to satisfy the competent authorities that they have taken appropriate steps to avoid using the genetically modified organisms referred to in the previous paragraph as a source.
In order to facilitate the application of paragraph 2(a), a non-exhaustive list of food ingredients or foods comprising a single ingredient in which neither protein nor DNA resulting from the genetic modification as specified in Article 1(1) is present, shall be drawn up under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Directive 79/112/EC.
The labelling requirements of Regulation (EC) No. 1139/98 shall not apply to specified foodstuffs which are to be delivered as such to mass caterers which have been lawfully manufactured and labelled in the Community, or which have been lawfully imported into the Community and put into free circulation, before the entry into force of this Regulation.(3 articles)