This book is the result of the common effort of the participants in the OECD Working Group for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds. Each chapter is composed of a “consensus document” which was prepared under the leadership of one or several countries, as listed at the end of this volume. During the preparation of their successive drafts, useful input and suggestions for the documents were provided by a number of delegates and experts from the working group, whether from OECD member countries, other economies or observer organisations.
Each consensus document was issued individually, as soon as finalised and agreed on declassification, by the OECD Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Division in the Series on Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds. This volume, containing the consensus documents issued from 2015 to 2019, was prepared by Eleonore Morena, with the contribution of Yoko Takasu. It was edited by Bertrand Dagallier, under the supervision of Peter Kearns, at the EHS Division of the OECD Environment Directorate.
The OECD is grateful to the scientists, regulators and authorities who participated in the development of these consensus documents on compositional considerations for new varieties of crop species and wishes to thank each of them.