Brussels, 19/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 18 December, the Commission proposed facilitating access to the EU market for novel foods produced by using new technologies, giving its assurance, however, that a high level of consumer protection would be guaranteed. The draft regulation that it presented to this end aims to modify the novel food regulation (Regulation No258/97 on novel foods and food ingredients) to have a centralised, simplified and clarified authorisation procedure for...