Vote on novel foods likely to be postponed

Will the compromise on the draft regulation relating to novel foods, proudly announced by the Council on 10 June, convince MEPs? Nothing could be less certain. Faced with the discussions underway in certain groups, rapporteur James Nicholson (ECR, UK) indicated, on 24 June, that he would request a postponement of the vote, which is supposed to take place the following day in the Committee on the Environment and Public Health. “I think that a postponement will give all groups more…