Mushrooms: Novel Foods
Commons · Question 26398 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 23 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Food Standards Agency on its decision to classify Trametes Versicolor and Cordyceps Militaris as novel foods and plans for assessing the safety of
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 23 Sep 2026
The Department of Health and Social Care is the sponsoring department of the Food Standards Agency. Based on the information currently available to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), Trametes versicolor and Cordyceps militaris have not been consumed to a si...