(11)Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety 5 , the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority) should be consulted before provisions liable to affect public health are adopted under specific measures.
Recital 11
- 5 OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1642/2003 ( OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 4 ). ↩