ACNFP
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NOVEL FOODS AND PROCESSES
ACNFP Secretariat
Food Standards Agency
Room 515b Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London WC2B 6NH
Tel: +44 (0)20 7276 8595
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acnfp@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Venom from Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
July 2009: Application from Nelson Honey and Marketing (New Zealand) Ltd., to approve venom from the honeybee (Apis mellifera) as a novel food ingredient. Under evaluation.
An application has been submitted by Nelson Honey and Marketing (New Zealand) Ltd., for authorisation of venom from the honeybee (Apis mellifera) as a novel ingredient to be added into honey. The novel ingredient is obtained from bees via a milking apparatus procedure, dried and added to honey. The applicant states that the novel ingredient may help to alleviate symptoms of arthritis.
Honey containing venom has been on the New Zealand market since 1996, however it is considered novel in the EU.
Before any new food product can be introduced on the European market, it must be rigorously assessed for safety. In the UK, the assessment of novel foods is carried out by an independent committee of scientists appointed by the Food Standards Agency, the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP).
Any comments on this application should be sent to the ACNFP Secretariat by Thursday 23 July 2009 and will be passed to the Committee when it begins its assessment of this novel food ingredient.
All views/comments received by the Agency will be made available for public examination. If you would prefer your comments NOT to be made publicly available, please indicate this by fully completing and returning the data protection form (attached below) together with your response.
- Application for venom from honeybee
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- Data protection form
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