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Under the Novel Foods Regulation a novel food is defined as a food that does not have a significant history consumption within the EU prior to May 1997. Such foods are subject to a pre-market safety assessment before a decision is made on EU-wide authorisation.
Submitting an application
A novel food application is first made to a single EU Member State. Once this application has been accepted the Member State has 90 days to produce an initial opinion. This opinion is then circulated to all EU Member States, who are then given a further 60 days to comment.
The Novel Foods Regulation includes a simplified procedure where a novel food is considered substantially equivalent to a food that is already on the market. In this case, the applicant can submit a notification to the European Commission after obtaining an opinion on equivalence from an EU Member State. Guidance on the data that should be provided when a request for such an opinion is submitted in the UK can be found in the ACNFP's guidelines for the presentation of data to demonstrate substantial equivalence.
Astaxanthin extract: Algatechnologies (1998) Ltd.
Astaxanthin extract: Parry Nutraceuticals
Noni juice: Noni de Tahiti Ltd
Phytosterols: Naturis (ACI Group Ltd)
Oils derived from two GM cottonseed lines
Forbes Cholesterol-lowering Phytosterol Esters
Phytosterol application: Cognis
Applications made under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) 258/97
Phytosterol application: Prima Pharm
Phytosterol application: Triple Crown
Noni juice: Natures Products Ltd
Phytosterol application: DDO Processing
Noni juice: Leap of Faith Farms
Lentinan-rich extract: MediMush
Astaxanthin extract: Cyanotech Corporation
List of applications made under simplified procedure
Plant Sterols and Sterol Esters
Multibene Phytosterol Products
Placing on the market of transgenic radicchio rosso and green hearted chicory
Application under EC Regulation 258/97 - Coagulated Potato Proteins and Hydrolysates thereof
Information paper: Fruitim - fat replacer - Proposed secretariat action
GM maize line MON863 and MON863 X MON810 hybrids
Rapeseed oil high in unsaponifiable matter
Plantsterol enriched bakery products, grain-based snacks and gum arabic pastilles
Lentinan-rich extract: Glycanova
Lycopene cold water dispersible products from Blakeslea trispora
Phosphated distarch phosphate: MGP Ingredients
Touchi (fermented black bean) extract
Venom from Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Drinks consisting of fruit juice or nectars with added phytosterols
Lycopene from Blakeslea trispora
Phytosterol-esters in 'milk' and 'yogurt' type products
Full applications submitted to other Member States
Full applications submitted via the UK
ACNFP Secretariat , Food Standards Agency , Room 515b Aviation House , 125 Kingsway , London WC2B 6NH, Tel: +44 (0)20 7276 8595, Fax: +44 (0)20 7276 8564, acnfp@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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