ACNFP
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NOVEL FOODS AND PROCESSES
ACNFP Secretariat
Food Standards Agency
Room 515b Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London WC2B 6NH
Tel: +44 (0)20 7276 8595
Fax: +44 (0)20 7276 8564
acnfp@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Guidelines for taste trials and human volunteer studies
2002: In September 2001, the Food Standards Agency ran a consultation on new guidelines for the conduct of taste trials and human volunteer studies on novel foods. The final guidelines were published on 17 April 2002.
Guidelines on the conduct of taste trials involving novel foods or foods produced by novel processes
The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) is an independent Committee of experts that advises the central authorities responsible, in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively on any matters relating to novel foods and novel food processes, having regard to the views of relevant expert bodies where appropriate.
Guidelines on the use of human studies in the pre-market safety assessment of novel foods
This paper briefly reviews the role of human studies in the pre-market safety assessment of novel foods and focuses on the circumstances in which such studies might be appropriate and the issues that need to be considered when conducting human studies on novel foods. It should be noted that such studies are performed to support other safety studies and not to investigate potential toxicity.