GM food
For a quick and easy guide to GM food, visit eatwell, our consumer advice and information website.
GM and Novel Foods
Genetically modified (GM) foods and other types of novel foods can only be marketed in the European Union (EU) if they have passed a rigorous safety assessment.
Novel foods
A novel food is defined as a food or food ingredient that does not have a significant history of consumption within the EU before 15 May 1997. More information about safety assessments under the Novel Food Regulation (EC) 258/97 can be found at the link below.
Marketing GM foods
GM foods may only be authorised for sale if they are judged not to present a risk to health, not to mislead consumers and not to be of less nutritional value than the foods they are intended to replace. The current procedures for evaluation and authorisation of GM foods are laid down in Regulation (EC) 1829/2003 on GM food and feed.
More about GM and Novel Foods
GM and novel foods research
Programmes funded by the Agency
GM and novel foods committees
About the ACNFP