In order to ensure continuity with the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 258/97, one of the criteria for food to be considered a novel food should continue to be the absence of use for human consumption to a significant degree within the Union before the date of entry into force of that Regulation, namely 15 May 1997.
D'fhonn leanúnachas leis na rialacha atá leagtha síos i Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 258/97 a áirithiú, ba cheart easpa úsáide ar leibhéal suntasach mar bhia don duine laistigh den Aontas roimh dháta theacht i bhfeidhm an Rialacháin sin, eadhon an 15 Bealtaine 1997, a bheith fós mar cheann de na critéir chun go measfar gur bia núíosach é bia.