MISSION REMENDATION of 29 July 1997 concerning the scientific ects and the presentation of information necessary to sport applications for the placing on the market of novel foods and novel food ingredients and the preparation of initial assesent reports under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (97/618/EC)THE MISSION OF THE EUROPEAN MUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European munity,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 4 (4) thereof,Whereas, in order to protect public health, it is necessary that novel foods and novel food ingredients are subject to a single safety assesent through a munity procedure before they are placed on the market within the munity;Whereas remendations concerning the scientific ects of the information necessary to sport an application for the placing on the market of a novel food or a novel food ingredient will facilitate the task of economic operators in preparing su an application; whereas remendations concerning the presentation of su information and concerning the preparation of initial assesent reports by the petent food assesent bodies of the Member States will facilitate the evaluation of su applications;Whereas the Scientific mittee for Food has made remendations on the information necessary to sport su applications, the presentation of that information and the preparation of initial assesent reports on those applications;Whereas experience in the assesent of novel foods and novel food ingredients is at present limited; whereas therefore any reme...