EU Council adopts political agreement on novel foods

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Member State agriculture ministers reached a political agreement earlier this week on a proposal for revising the novel foods Regulation, paving the way for it to sent to the European Parliament for a second reading this autumn. At an Agriculture Council meeting on 22 June, ministers approved without discussion a text agreed by the Committee of Member State permanent representatives to the Council (COREPER) on 16 June. While the general...

• Council of Ministers news release
• political agreement text