Evaluation of the safety of new foods

The marketing of new foods (European regulation 258-97) forms pal? of a procedure that takes account of the evaluation of risk factors. Recommendations of a scientific nature have been drawn up by the CSAH in the form of decision trees to ensure optimum harmonisation of evaluation procedures. These can be completed by guidelines such as those put forward by the CSHPF for genetically modified plants, setting out at? analytical and experimental methodological framework. This a priori evaluation does not exclude the introduction of programmes for hygiene, scientific, technological and analytical monitoring at a later stage.