31As regards, secondly, the objectives pursued by Regulation No 258/97, it should be recalled that the regulation has a twofold objective not only of ensuring the functioning of the internal market in novel foods but also of protecting public health against the risks to which they may give rise (see, to that effect, judgment of 15 January 2009, M-K Europa, C‑383/07, EU:C:2009:8, paragraph 22 and the case-law cited).
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