The conciliation talks on updating the Novel Foods Regulation collapsed as Parliament and Council were unable to reach agreement. The main focus of these negotiations was the issue of labelling clone-derived products. Parliament had called for a commitment to label all food products from cloned offspring, whereas the Council would only guarantee its support for labelling one type of product: fresh beef.
The Council also opposed Parliament's right to veto new additions to the novel foods list.
As no compromise could be found in conciliation the procedure now lapses and the current Novel Foods legislation (Regulation (EC) No 258/97 - see procedure file 1992/0426(COD)) remains in force.