Guidelines on the assessment of novel foods and processes / Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes.

  • Great Britain. Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
Date:
1991
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Credit: Guidelines on the assessment of novel foods and processes / Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Preface Dramatic advances have been made in recent years in food biotechnology and, in particular in techniques for genetic modification. This is likely to result in a significant number of novel foods and foods produced by novel processing becoming available for consumption by man in the years to come. My Committee was reconstituted in 1988 to provide an independent expert forum for the scientific evaluation of the safety of such foods. This was not a novel venture for advice on the safety assessment of novel foods was produced by our predecessor Committee in 1984. However, it was felt that with the reconstitution of the Committee and the recent scientific developments, now was an appropriate time to revise and update such guidance to those wishing to develop and/or market novel foods in this country. It was for this reason that my Committee has produced these Guidelines, which we hope will be useful to companies involved in this area. DEREK C BURKE Chairman ill