COMMI SSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2019/110 
of 24 Januar y 2019 
author ising an extension of use of Allanblac kia seed oil as a novel food under Regulation 
(EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regar d to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on 
novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing 
Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 1852/2001 (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 provi des that only novel foods author ised and included in the Union list may be 
placed on the market within the Union. 
(2)  Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (2) 
establishing a Union list of author ised novel foods was adopt ed. 
(3)  Pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, the Commission is to submit a draf t implementing act 
author ising the placing on the Union market of a novel food and updating the Union list. 
(4)  Commission Decision 2008/559/EC (3) author ised, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council (4) and following the European Food Safet y Author ity's Opinion (‘the 
Author ity’) (5), the placing on the mark et of Allanblackia seed oil as a novel food to be used in yellow fat spreads 
and cream based spreads. 
(5)  On 22 Septembe r 2014, the compan y Unilever NV/U nilever PLC made a request to the compet ent author ity 
of the Netherlands in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 for an exte nsion of use and use 
levels of Allanblackia seed oil. The application request ed to extend the use of Allanblackia seed oil to an additional 
food catego ry, namely , mixtures of vegetable oils and milk, and to increase the maximum use levels of 
Allanblackia seed oil for food categor ies already author ised by Decision 2008/559/EC. The application also 
request ed change of the specifi cation of Allanblackia seed oil, in particular concer ning: the simplification of the 
indication of small amounts of the saturated fatty acids: laur ic, myr istic and palmitic acid to one combined 
paramete r (C12:0 — C14:0 — C16:0); the omission of the indication of small amounts (each below 1 %) of 
palmit oleic and arachidic acid and inclusion of Poly Unsaturate d Fatty Acids (PUF A); the omission of the 
indication of the iodine value; increasing the maximum limits for trans-f atty acids (TFA) (from ≤ 0,5 % to ≤ 1 %); 
increasing the maximum limits for the pero xide value (from ≤ 0,8 to ≤ 1,0 meq/kg); increasing the maximum 
limits for the unsaponifiable matt er (from ≤ 0,1 % to ≤ 1 %). The Author ity has no safety concer ns regarding the 
proposed chang es of specifi cation parameters. 
(6)  On 13 December 2017, the compet ent author ity of the Netherlands issued its initial assessment repor t. In that 
repor t, it concluded that the exte nsion of uses and proposed maximum use levels of Allanblackia seed oil and 
modification of the specifi cation of Allanblackia seed oil meet the criteria for novel food set out in Article 3(1) of 
Regulation (EC) No 258/97. 25.1.2019 L 23/11 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 1. 
(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 of 20 December 2017 establishing the Union list of novel foods in accordance 
with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods (OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 72). 
(3)Commission Decision 2008/559/EC of 27 June 2008 author ising the placing on the market of allanblacki a seed oil as novel food 
ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 180, 9.7.2008, p. 20). 
(4)Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 Januar y 1997 concer ning novel foods and novel foods 
ingredients (OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1). 
(5)EFSA NDA Panel (EFSA Panel on Dietet ic Products, Nutr ition and Allergies), 2007. Safet y of Allanblackia seed oil for use in yello w fat and 
cream based spreads, EFSA Jour nal (2007) 580, 1-10. (7)  Pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, any request for placing a novel food on the mark et 
within the Union submitted to a Member State in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 and 
for which the final decision has not been taken before 1 Januar y 2018 shall be treated as an application 
submitte d under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. 
(8)  While the request for an extensi on of use of Allanblackia seed oil was submitted to a Member State in accordance 
with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97, the application also meets the requirements laid down in 
Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. 
(9)  In accordance with Article 10(3) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, the Commission consulte d the Author ity on 
25 Apr il 2018, asking it to provide a scientific opinion by carrying out the assessment for Allanblackia seed oil as 
a novel food. 
(10)  On 27 June 2018, the Authority adopt ed Scientific Opinion on the safety of Allanblackia seed oil for exte nded 
uses in mixtures of veget able oils and milk and in yello w fat and cream based spreads up to 30 % (w/w) (6) 
as requested by the applicant. That opinion is in line with the requirements of Article 11 of Regulation 
(EU) 2015/2283. Mixtures of vegetable oils and milk fall under the food cate gory: Dair y analogues, including 
beverage whitene rs. 
(11)  The opinion of the Author ity gives sufficient grounds to establish that Allanblackia seed oil, with the modified 
specification, in the proposed uses and use levels complies with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. 
(12)  The measures provi ded for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
1. The entr y in the Union list of author ised novel foods, established in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, 
referring to the substance Allanblackia seed oil shall be amended as specifi ed in the Annex to this Regulation. 
2. The entr y in the Union list referred to in the first paragraph shall include the conditions of use and labelling 
requirements laid down in the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member State s. 
Done at Brussels, 24 Januar y 2019. 
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCK ER  25.1.2019 L 23/12 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(6)EFSA Jour nal 2018; 16(8):5362. ANNEX 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended as follows:  
(1) The entr y for ‘Allanblackia seed oil’ in Table 1 (Aut horised novel foods) is replaced by the followi ng: 
Authorised novel food Conditions under which the novel food may be used Additional specific labelling requirements Other requirements 
‘Allanblac kia seed oil Specif ied food categor y Maximum levels The designation of the novel food on the labelling 
of the foodstuffs containing it shall be “Allanblackia 
seed oil”’  Yellow fat spreads and cream based spreads 30 g/100 g 
Mixtures of vegetable oils (*) and milk (falling under 
the food cate gory: Dair y analogues, including bever ­
age whit eners) 30 g/100 g 
(*)  Except olive oils and olive pomace oils as defin ed in Part VIII of Annex VII of Regulation 
(EU) No 1308/2013.   
(2) The entr y for ‘Allanblackia seed oil’ in Table 2 (Specifications) is replaced by the followi ng: 
Authorised Novel Food Specification 
‘Allanblac kia seed oil Descr iption/Def inition: 
Allanblackia seed oil is obtained from the seeds of the allanblackia species: A. floribunda (synonymous with A. parviflora) and A. stuhlmannii. 
Composition of fatty acids (as a % of the total fatty acids): 
Laur ic acid — Myr istic acid — Palmitic acid (C12:0 – C14:0 – C16:0): sum of these acids < 4,0 % 
Stear ic acid (C18:0): 45-58 % 
Oleic acid (C18:1): 40-51 % 
Poly unsaturated fatty acids (PUF A): < 2 % 
Character istics: 
Free fatty acids: max 0,1 % of total fatty acids 
Trans fatty acids: max 1,0 % of total fatty acids 
Pero xide value: max 1,0 meq/kg 
Unsaponifiable matte r: max 1,0 % (w/w) of the oil 
Saponif ication value: 185-198 mg KOH/g’   25.1.2019 L 23/13 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN