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The race for earliest submission of a Novel Food Dossier is a false one. This is especially the case when submissions made thus far, so we understand, lack the appropriate scientific data in respect of end products for which Authorisation is being contended and, in some cases, lack any scientific data in respect of the subject of the application at all.
On 14th May 2020 the Advocate General (Tanchev) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered their Opinion on the above question. The result is both a “Yes” and a “No”: National restrictions by Member States are possible, but such restrictions as are sought to be enforced must be (a) justified and (b) no more than necessary in order to achieve the justified aim.