EU ta amince da amfani da tsutsa mai wadataccen furotin a matsayin abun ciye-ciye ko kayan abinci - a matsayin sabon samfurin abinci koren.
Busashen tsutsotsin abinci na iya fitowa nan ba da jimawa ba a kan manyan kantuna da shagunan abinci a duk faɗin Turai.
Tarayyar Turai mai wakilai 27 a ranar Talata ta amince da wata shawara don tallata tsutsa tsutsa a matsayin "abinci na zamani".
Hakan na zuwa ne bayan da hukumar kiyaye abinci ta EU ta wallafa sakamakon binciken kimiyya a farkon wannan shekarar cewa kayayyakin ba su da lafiya a ci.
Su ne kwari na farko da Hukumar Kula da Abinci ta Turai (EFSA) ta amince don cin ɗan adam.
Ko an ci gaba ɗaya ko ƙasa a cikin foda, ana iya amfani da tsutsotsi a matsayin sinadari a cikin abubuwan ciye-ciye masu wadatar furotin ko wasu abinci, in ji masu binciken.
Suna da wadata ba kawai a cikin furotin ba, har ma da mai da fiber, kuma mai yiwuwa su zama farkon na kwari da yawa don jin daɗin teburin cin abinci na Turai a cikin shekaru masu zuwa.
Duk da cewa kasuwar kwari a matsayin abinci kadan ce, jami'an EU sun ce shuka kwari don abinci yana kawo amfanin muhalli.
Shugaban Eurogroup Pascal Donohoe ya ce wannan ita ce ganawa ta farko tsakanin shugabar gwamnatin Burtaniya da ministocin kudi na EU tun bayan Brexit kuma ta kasance "mai matukar alama da muhimmanci".
Hukumar Abinci da Aikin Noma ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta kira kwari “tushen abinci mai lafiya da gina jiki, mai wadatar kitse, sunadarai, bitamin, fiber da kuma ma’adanai.”
Za a gabatar da dokokin da ke ba da damar amfani da busassun tsutsotsin abinci a matsayin abinci a cikin makonni masu zuwa bayan da kasashen EU suka amince da su a ranar Talata.
Amma yayin da za a iya amfani da tsutsotsin abinci don yin biscuits, taliya da curries, "yuck factor" na iya kashe masu amfani, masu bincike sun ce.
Hukumar Tarayyar Turai ta kuma yi gargadin cewa mutanen da ke fama da rashin lafiyar crustaceans da kurar kura za su iya fuskantar rashin lafiyar bayan sun ci tsutsotsin abinci.
Lokacin aikawa: Janairu-05-2025