Novel foods: simpler approval rules to boost food innovation

Ever heard of chia seeds, flavonoids, glycyrrhiza glabra or rapeseed protein? They are all classified as novel foods. On Wednesday 28 October MEPs approved plans to make it easier to get them approved by 359 to 202 votes with 127 abstentions. The proposal still has to be approved by the Council of Ministers before it can enter into force.

What novel foods are

Novel food is either newly-developed, innovative food or food that has been produced using new technologies and production processes. This includes not only products such as insects and nanomaterials, but also fungi, algae and new colorants. It can also include food that is regularly consumed in other parts of the world, but that has never been traditionally eaten before in the EU.

Why existing rules need to be updated

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