Part 3: Food and Feed Produced from Precision Bred Organisms 26: Regulation of food and feed produced from precision bred organisms
This section sets out powers for the regulation of food and feed derived from precision bred organisms.
	Subsection (1) will grant a general power to introduce a regulatory framework governing the placing on the market of food and feed from precision bred organisms.
	Subsection (2) provides for regulations made under the general power in subsection (1) to make provision for the matters set out in (a) and (b).
	Subsection (3) provides that regulations which prohibit any person from placing food or feed from PBOs on the market except in accordance with a marketing authorisation issued by the Secretary of State may include the criteria that must be met in order for the Secretary of State to grant such an authorisation.
	Subsection (4) and (5) provide powers for establishing an application procedure to be followed for food and feed marketing authorisations and provision that such authorisations be issued subject to conditions and limitations and to be varied or cancelled.
	Subsection (6) grants powers to make regulations that confer functions on the Food Standards Agency.
	Subsection (7) allows regulations to provide that an obligation on any other person than the Food Standards Agency, is not a Part 3 obligation referenced in section 29.
	Subsection (8) outlines that, where regulations are made under subsection (2) (a) to authorise a precision bred organism for food and feed use, such regulations may prescribe which person(s) is authorised to market the precision bred organism for food and feed use and any other limitations on the authorisation that are necessary.
	Subsection (9) prescribes that any regulations made under this section are subject to the draft affirmative procedure.