ECJ SAYS FOOD PRODUCTS REQUIRE NOVEL FOOD SCREENING EVEN IF INGREDIENTS ARE PROVEN SAFE
January 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has clarified European Union (EU) rules saying how unusual new 'novel' food products must be screened to make sure they are safe for consumers. Judges have made two important rulings about the EU's novel food regulation, which insists on particularly tough tests for foods deemed unusual. First, they said that even if their ingredients have been proved safe in foodstuffs previously approved for sale within the EU this tough screening procedure is required if novel foods mixed these with different ingredients or ...
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