Signor Presidente, signor Commissario, fin dall'entrata in vigore della direttiva novel food anche la Commissione europea ha fatto una gran confusione, per esprimersi in termini moderati e usando un registro familiare. ###>Mr President, Commissioner, since the coming into force of the novel food directive, the European Commission too has made a bit of a hash of things, to put it mildly. This is how we would put it informally.