Current EU Novel Food cricket status
The approved applications can be searched on the official EU site at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/
The European Commission (EC) has developed an e-submission system for Novel Food applications. At this webpage you can find the link to the e-submission systems and to the PDF with the explanations.
The timeframe in an hypothetical “ standard” case (where no additional information is requested) should be as follow:
– 1 month (European Commission, for a formal check)
– 30 working days (at the Food Authority, if a technical preliminary verification is needed)
– 9 months (at the Food Authority, for validation of all the data)
– 7 months (at the European Commission, for the draft implementing act)
TOTAL: 1 year and a half. This timeframe is hypothetical. The new Novel Food law is in place since January 2018, as of December 2018 no insect applications has made it to the final phase, so there are no precedents to refer to in terms of timeline.
MATERIAL FOR A DISCUSSION
REGULATIONS AND APPLICATIONS
– my article on worldwide regulations at Food Navigator (feb 2017)
– Novel Food law, new version 2015/2283 (Nov 2015): PDF
– EFSA food safety risk assessment for the House Cricket: PDF
– guidelines for the Novel Food application (Nov 2016) PDF
– additional guidance and comments on in the case of traditional food from third countries (Nov 2016) PDF
– guidelines for the Novel Food application for a traditional food from a third country (Nov 2016) PDF
– additional guidance and comments on in the case of traditional food from third countries (Nov 2016) PDF
– New EU document on the procedural steps of the consultation process for determination of novel food status (July 2017) LINK
– New EU document on the requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods LINK
ARTICLES
– Liza Van Den Eede, Inside the EU Novel Foods Revision Debate: PDF
– IPIFF on insect import regulations, after a species is approved: LINK
SLIDES
– From the Conference and Workshop on “The EU Novel Food Regulation and the Special Case of Insects”, 26-27 October 2016, Bangkok & Khon Kaen, Thailand: The Novel Food Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, Leena Mannonen, European Union, Finland: click here and Novel Foods in Europe EFSA’s Role, Wolfgang Gelbmann Nutrition Unit, EFSA: click here