COMMI SSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2018/2017 
of 18 December 2018 
author ising the placing on the mark et of syrup from Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench as a traditional 
food from a third countr y 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 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (1), and in particular Article 15(4) 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 mark et within the Union. Traditional food from a third countr y is a novel food defined in Article 3 
of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. 
(2)  Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2017/2470 (2) establishing a Union list of author ised novel foods was adopt ed. 
(3)  Pursuant to Article 15(4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, the Commission is to decide on the author isation and 
on the placing on the Union mark et of a traditional food from a third countr y. On 5 Apr il 2018, the compan y 
Sorghum Zrt. (‘the applicant’) submitted a notificati on to the Commission of the intenti on to place syrup from 
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moenc h on the Union market as a traditional food from a third countr y within the meaning 
of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. The applicant requests for the author isation for syrup from Sorghum 
bicolor (L.) Moenc h to be consumed as such or to be used as a food ingredient by the general population. 
(4)  The documented data, present ed by the applicant, demonstrate that syrup from Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench have 
a histor y of safe food use in the United States. 
(5)  Pursuant to Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, on 30 Apr il 2018, the Commission forwarded the valid 
notification to the Member States and to the European Food Safety Auth ority (‘the Author ity’). 
(6)  No duly reasoned safety objections to the placing on the mark et within the Union of syrup from Sorghum 
bicolor (L.) Moenc h were submitt ed to the Commission by Member States or the Author ity within the four-month 
period laid down in Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. 
(7)  The Commission should theref ore author ise the placing on the market within the Union of syrup from Sorghum 
bicolor (L.) Moenc h and updat e the Union list of novel foods. 
(8)  Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 should theref ore be amended according ly, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
1. Syrup from Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench as specifi ed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be included in the Union 
list of author ised novel foods established in Imp lementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470. 
2. The entr y in the Union list refer red to in paragraph 1 shall include the conditions of use and labelling 
requirements laid down in the Annex to this Regulation. 19.12.2018 L 323/4 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). 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, 18 December 2018. 
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCK ER  19.12.2018 L 323/5 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended as follows:  
(1) The followi ng entr y is inser ted in Table 1 (Author ised novel foods) in alphabetical order: 
Autho rised novel food Conditions under whic h the novel food may be used Additional specific labelling requirements Other requirements 
‘Syrup from Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moenc h 
(Traditional food from a third countr y) Not specified The designation of the novel food on the label ­
ling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be 
“Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) syrup”’.    
(2) The followi ng entr y is inser ted in Table 2 (Specifi cations) in alphabetical order: 
Autho rised Novel Food Specifications 
‘Syrup from Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moenc h. 
(Traditional food from a third countr y) Descr iption/Def inition 
The traditional food is syrup from Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moenc h (genus, Sorghum; family , Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)). 
The syrup is obtained from stalks of S. bicolor , after applying production processes such as crushing, extraction, and evaporation in­
cluding a heat treatment in order to obtain a minimum of 74 °Brix syrup 
Compositional data of syrup from Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench 
Water: 22,7 g/100 g 
Ash: 2,4 
Sugars, total: > 74,0 g/100 g’   19.12.2018 L 323/6 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN