Brussels, 25/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - The precautionary principle guided the European Parliament's environment, health and food safety committee, chaired by Giovanni La Via (EPP, Italy) when it voted, in Strasbourg on Monday 24 November, on the draft legislation of December 2013 which aims to amend the novel food regulation (258/97/EC). Following the line of rapporteur James Nicholson (ECR, UK), the committee agreed with the aim of making the authorisation procedure easier for these new...