assessments

The Committee on Safety Assessment of Novel Foods (VNV) is an independent body of experts who collectively cover a broad spectrum of disciplines relevant to the scientific assessment of the safety of novel foods (toxicology, nutrition, microbiology, gastroenterology, epidemiology, statistics, molecular biology and allergology).

Together with the Novel Foods Unit, the Committee VNV objectively assesses the safety of a product on the basis of the data supplied by the applicant. The assessment report is presented as scientific advice to the minister.