On June 25, 2015, following the approved final compromise text on EU rules on Novel Foods (see our last Jones Day Update), the Environment Committee of the European Parliament ("EP") approved a draft document aimed at simplifying the authorization procedure for novel foods. Novel foods are foods that were not used for human consumption to a significant degree within the EU before May 15, 1997. The document provides a new single and centralized procedure for the authorization of novel foods and a new definition for "nanomaterials." Before entering into force, the draft rules must be approved by the Parliament and the Council.
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