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... the uk food standards agency is canvassing views on the use of chia seeds after a novel foods application from the chia company to market them in baked goods, breakfast cereals, and fruit, nut and seed mixes ... chia: an ancient grain with a bright future? the uk food standards agency is canvassing views on the use of chia seeds after a novel foods application from the chia company to market them in baked goods, breakfast cereals, and fruit, nut and seed mixes ... the australian company already has authorisation, under the novel food regulations, to market the latin american seed (salvia hispanica) in bread products at a maximum level of 5 per cent ... advisory committee it is considered a novel food because it does not have a significant history of consumption within the eu before 15 may 1997 ... before new food products can be introduced on the european market, they must be assessed for safety ... in the uk, this is carried out by the advisory committee on novel foods and processes (acnfp), an independent committee of scientists appointed by the fsa ... comments on the novel foods application for chia should reach the advisory committee by monday 30 may 2011

... the chia company, based in australia, has applied to the food standards agency for approval to market chia seed in baked goods, breakfast cereals, and fruit, nut and seed mixes ... the company currently has authorisation, under the novel food regulations, to market chia seed in bread products at a maximum level of 5% ... chia is grown commercially in several latin american countries and australia, but the chia seed has not been consumed to a significant degree in the eu and is therefore considered to be a novel food ... about novel foods a novel food is a food or food ingredient that does not have a significant history of consumption within the european union before 15 may 1997 ... before any new food product can be introduced on the european market, it must be assessed rigorously for safety ... in the uk, the assessment of novel foods is carried out by the advisory committee on novel foods and processes (acnfp), an independent committee of scientists appointed by the food standards agency ... the comments will be considered by the committee during its assessment of this novel food ingredient

... the uk food standards agency last week traced animals born in the uk from eight embryos produced by a cloned cow in the us ... since the previous update published on 4 august, the agency has received assurances from the local authorities that visited the farms, the dairy industry and the farmers involved that no milk from the remaining two dairy cows has entered the food chain ... no meat or products from this young animal entered the food chain and its carcass was disposed of in accordance with the law ... however, one animal, a male calf of less than a month old, was slaughtered on 16 june 2010 and meat from this animal entered the food chain ... in summary, as part of this investigation, the agency has established that, in total, meat from three animals has entered the food chain without authorisation under the novel food regulations ... while there is no evidence that consuming products from healthy clones, or their offspring, poses a food safety risk, meat and products from clones and their offspring are considered novel foods and would therefore need to be authorised before being placed on the market

... but rumours that the commission could be asking member states to vote on introducing new genetically modified crops and food products by the end of the year has set the cat among the pigeons ... " friends of the earth contends that the commission is trying to push bt11 through a vote under the previous, 'weaker' novel food regulations before tough new rules on the labelling of food and animal feed containing gmos arrive in april 2004 ... under the new european commission regulation on gm food and feed, all ingredients that contain or consist of genetically modified organisms, or contain ingredients produced from gmos, will need to be labelled as such ... 9 per cent will apply for the accidental presence of gm material, below which labelling of food or feed is not required ... certain member states insisted that the ban had to remain until the eu agreed tough rules on planting gm crops and ensured the traceability and labelling of all gm food and feed