Summary of notifications received by the Commission until 31 December 2004 pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Date: 2005-08-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, marketing

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Summary of notifications received by the Commission until 31 December 2004 pursuant to
Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(2005/C 208/02)

Between the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 on 15 May 1997 and 31 December 2004 the
Commission received 46 notifications of placing on the market novel foods or novel food ingredients
pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97.

Applicant

Description of Food or Food
Ingredient

Scientific Evidence

Notification

1

AgrEvo UK Limited
Chesterford Park
Saffron Walden
Essex CB10 1XL
United Kingdom

Processed oil from genetically
modified canola seed, trans-
formation event TOPAS 19/2
and all conventional crossed

‘Report on oil from a geneti-
cally modified (GM) glufosi-
nate
ammonium tolerant
oilseed rape’
(ACNFP) (1) (UK)

9 June 1997
As from 18 April
2005 see
register
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

Transmission to
Member States

24 June 1997

2a

Plant Genetic Systems N.V.
Jozef Plateaustraat 22
B-9000 Gent

2b

Plant Genetic Systems N.V.
Jozef Plateaustraat 22
B-9000 Gent

‘Report on oil from a fertility
restorer
line for use in a
hybrid breeding programme
for genetically modified (GM)
oilseed rape’ (ACNFP) (1) (UK)

10 June 1997
As from 18 April
2005 see
register
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

24 June 1997
again
28 July 1998

‘Report on oil from a fertility
restorer
line for use in a
hybrid breeding programme
for genetically modified (GM)
oilseed rape’ (ACNFP) (1); and
‘Report on oil
from geneti-
cally modified oilseed rape’
(ACNFP) (1) (UK)

10 June 1997
As from 18 April
register
2005 see
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

24 June 1997
again
28 July 1998

all

Processed oil from genetically
modified oilseed rape seed
derived from:
(i) male

sterile MS1Bn
(B91-4) oilseed rape line
conventional
and
crosses;
fertility restorer RF2Bn
(B94-2) oilseed rape line
and
conventional
crosses;
(iii) hybrid

combination

(ii)

all

MS1XRF2

all

Processed oil from genetically
modified oilseed rape seed
derived from:
(i) male

sterile MS1Bn
(B91-4) oilseed rape line
and
conventional
crosses;
fertility restorer RF1Bn
(B93-101) oilseed rape
line and all conventional
crosses;
(iii) hybrid

combination

(ii)

MS1XRF1

3

Monsanto Services Interna-
tional S.A
Avenue de Tervuren 270-272
B-1150 Brussels

Refined oil
tolerant oilseed
GT73

from glyphosate
line
rape

‘Report on oil
from geneti-
cally modified (GM) glypho-
sate
tolerant oilseed rape’
(ACNFP) (1) (UK)

21 November 1997

10 November 1997
As from 18 April
2005 see
register
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

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4

5

6

7

8

Applicant

Description of Food or Food
Ingredient

Scientific Evidence

Notification

Monsanto Services Interna-
tional S.A
Avenue de Tervuren 270-272
B-1150 Brussels

Food and food ingredients
produced from maize flour,
maize gluten, maize semo-
lina, maize
starch, maize
glucose and maize oil derived
from the progeny of maize
line MON 810

‘Report
products
modified
protected maize’
(UK)

processed
on
from genetically
insect
(ACNFP) (1)

(GM)

10 December 1997
As from 18 April
2005 see
register
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

Transmission to
Member States

6 February 1998

on
processed
‘Report
from genetically
products
glufosinate
(GM)
modified
ammonium tolerant maize’
(ACNFP) (1) (UK)

12 January 1998
As from 18 April
register
2005 see
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

6 February 1998

AgrEvo France S.A.
Les Algorithmes
Bâtiment Thalès
Saint Aubin
F-91197 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex

(i)

Starch and all its deriva-
tives;

(ii) crude and refined oil;
(iii) all

heat-processed

and

or
fermented
products
obtained from hominys,
flour
grits
(dry
fragments)
milled
obtained
the
genetically
modified
maize, tolerant to glufo-
sinate ammonium, trans-
formation event T25 and
the varieties derived
all
from

from

Novartis Seeds AG
Schwarzwaldallee 215
CH-4058 Basel

Food and food ingredient
products derived from the
transformant Bt11
original
crossed with the Northrup
King Company inbred line
#2044 (maize), as well as
from any inbred and hybrid
lines derived from it and
containing
introduced
the
genes

ACNFP (1)
(UK) Report on
grain from maize genetically
modified for insect resistance

30 January 1998
As from 18 April
register
2005 see
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

6 February 1998

Pioneer Overseas Corporation
Avenue Tedesco, 7
B-1160 Brussels

Novel foods and novel food
ingredients produced from
genetically modified maize
line MON 809

ACNFP (1)
(UK) Report on
genetically modified
(GM)
maize
protected
insect
Pioneer Hi-bred International
— line MON 809

14 October 1998
As from 18 April
register
2005 see
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

23 October 1998

Hoechst Schering,
AgrEvo GmbH
Industriepark Hoechst
AgrEvo-Haus K 607
D-65926 Frankfurt am Main

Processed oil from genetically
modified oilseed rape derived
from Falcon GS 40/90

equivalence

BgVV (2) Statement on the
substantial
of
refined edible oil extracted
out of the transgenic glufosi-
nate-tolerant oil
seed rape
variety Falcon GS/40/90

21 October 1999
As from 18 April
2005 see
register
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

8/9 November 1999

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Applicant

Description of Food or Food
Ingredient

Scientific Evidence

Notification

9

Hoechst Schering,
AgrEvo GmbH
Industriepark Hoechst
AgrEvo-Haus K 607
D-65926 Frankfurt am Main

Processed oil from genetically
modified oilseed rape derived
from Liberator L62

equivalence

BgVV (2)(D) Statement on the
substantial
of
refined edible oil extracted
out of the transgenic glufosi-
nate-tolerant oil
seed rape
variety Liberator pHoe6/Ac

21 October 1999
As from 18 April
2005 see
register
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

Transmission to
Member States

8/9 November 1999

10

Plant Genetic Systems N.V.
Jozef Plateaustraat 22
B-9000 Gent

and

Processed oil from genetically
modified oilseed rape derived
from:
the male sterile MS8
(DBN 230-0028) oilseed rape
line
conventional
the fertility restorer
crosses;
RF (DBN212-0005) oilseed
rape line and all conventional
crosses; the hybrid combina-
tion MS8 x RF3

all

equivalence

BgVV (2)(D) Statement on the
substantial
of
refined edible oil extracted
out of the transgenic glufosi-
nate-tolerant oil
seed rape
variety MS8/RF3

21 October 1999
As from 18 April
2005 see
register
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

8/9 November 1999

11

12

13

14

15

F. Hoffman — La Roche Ltd.
Vitamins & Fine Chemicals
Regulatory Affairs
Bldg 241/283
CH-4070 Basel

Riboflavin
subtilis as nutrient

from Bacillus

ACNFP (1)
(UK) Report on
Riboflavin from fermentation
using
genetically modified
(GM) Bacillus subtilis

20 March 2000

26 April 2000

Mr. Jean-Pierre Clavié
‘Vidalou’
F-47300 Pujols

‘prune kernel oil’

AFSSA (3)
(F) Opinion on
placing on the market of
‘prune kernel oil’

24 July 2000

4 August 2000

Ms Catherine Drevet
CD & A sarl
14 avenue de l'opera
F-75001 Paris

Argan oil
(Argania spinosa L.)

AFSSA (3)
concerning
equivalence
(Argania
other food oils

(F)
the
of
spinosa

Opinion
substantial
argan
oil
L.) with

23 July 2002

26 August 2002

Dr. Bruno Tinland
Monsanto Services Interna-
tional
Avenue de Tervuren 270-272
B-1150 Brussels

Cottonseed oil
from geneti-
cally modified cotton line
1445 (herbicide resistant)

Dr. Bruno Tinland
Monsanto Services Interna-
tional
Avenue de Tervuren 270-272
B-1150 Brussels

Cottonseed oil
from geneti-
cally modified cotton line
531 (insect protected)

(UK) Request

ACNFP (1)
for
an Article 5 opinion on the
substantial
of
cotton seed oil and food
ingredients
from
Roundup® Ready cotton

equivalence

derived

(UK) Request

ACNFP (1)
for
an Article 5 opinion on the
of
substantial
food
cottonseed
ingredients
from
insect protected cottonseed

equivalence
oil
and
derived

19 December 2002

19 December 2002

24 July 2002
As from 18 April
2005 see
register
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

24 July 2002
As from 18 April
2005 see
register
pursuant to Article
28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003

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17

17a

17b

17c

18

Applicant

Description of Food or Food
Ingredient

Scientific Evidence

Notification

Transmission to
Member States

Microalga Odontella aurita

M Jean-Paul Braud
Innovalg S.A.R.L.
Centre d'Algoculture
Polder du Dain
F-85230 Bouin

Opinion
(F)
AFSSA (3)
concerning a request for the
evaluation of the demonstra-
tion of
substantial equiva-
lence of the micro-alga Odon-
tella aurita to authorised algae

9 December 2002

19 December 2002

Herr Matthias Werner
NCT Nord Trading GmbH
Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 20
D-85375 Neufahrn b.
Freising

Juice of the fruits of Morinda
citrifolia

BVL (4)
(D) Opinion on the
determination of substantial
the juice of
equivalence of
the
species
the
fruits of
Morinda citrifolia L. from the
company NCT Trading Ltd
Juice’
and
authorised as a novel
food
ingredient

‘Noni

the

10 November 2003

5 December 2003

Drs. René van Lohuizen
Will & Co. B.V.
Postbus 46
1170 AA Badhoevedorp
Nederland
Dellaertlaan 24
1171 HG Badhoevedorp
Nederland

Poul A Svane
Svane Trading ApS
Rypevang 4
DK-3450 Allerød

Kerstin Wiegärtner
Xerion Overseas
Hauptstrasse 36-38
D-91278 Pottenstein

Juice of the fruits of Morinda
citrifolia

See 17
Confirmed by
Ministerie van Volksgezond-
heid, Welzijn en Sport (NL)

22 June 2004

6 July 2004

Juice of the fruits of Morinda
citrifolia

See 17
Confirmed by BVL (4) (D) for
MfFLoF (7) (DK)

6 July 2004

16 July 2004

Juice of the fruits of Morinda
citrifolia

See 17
Confirmed by BVL (4) (D)

10 August 2004

16 August 2004

Professor Dr. G.-W. von
Rymon Lipinski
Head Regulatory Services &
Management
Nutrinova
Industriepark Höchst
D-65926 Frankfurt am Main

DHA
rich microalgal oil
tiveTM)

(docohexanoic-acid)-
(DHAc-

BfR (5)
(D) Expert opinion
concerning recognition of the
substantial
of
DHA45 oil and the registered
Omega
foodstuff
novel
GoldTM oil

equivalence

10 November 2003

24 December 2003

19

Dr. Ernst Karrer
Paracelsus Haus GmbH
Freistädter Straße 236
A-4040 Linz

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citirfolia)

23 December 2003

14 January 2004

AGES (6) (A) Application for
substantial
of
recognition
equivalence
to
pursuant
Article 3(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 258/97 for
‘Bula
-100% juice
Noni® Juice
from the fruit of the species
Morinda citrifolia L.’ produced
by the company ‘Paracelsus
Haus Handels- und Dienst-
leistungs GmbH’ as a novel
food ingredient

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Applicant

Description of Food or Food
Ingredient

Scientific Evidence

Notification

Transmission to
Member States

20

21

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda ctrifolia)

Herr Michael Gracher
GSE-Vertrieb
Biologische Nahrungsergän-
zungs- und Heilmittel GmbH
Saargemünder Str. 18
D-66119 Saarbrücken

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

Herr Franz Brenner
Botanical Products Interna-
tional
F.M. Brenner GmbH
Hauptstrasse 10
A-2392 Wienerwald/Grub

24 December 2003

26 January 2004

9 January 2004

14 January 2004

(D) Opinion on the
BVL (4)
determination of substantial
equivalence of juice from the
fruit of the species Morinda
citrifolia L. from the company
GSE-Vertrieb and ‘noni juice’
(juice from the fruit of the
species Morinda citrifolia L.)
from Morinda Inc. authorised
as a novel food ingredient

a noni
from

AGES (6)(A) Application for
determination of substantial
under Article
equivalence
3(4) of Regulation (EC) No
juice
258/97 for
concentrate
the
company ‘Botanical Products
(BPI) — F.M.
International
Brenner GmbH’ made from
fruit of the species Morinda
citrifolia L. as a novel
food
ingredient
(10 December
2003)

22

Poul A Svane
Svane Trading ApS
Rypevang 4
DK-3450 Allerød

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

30 June 2004

5 August 2004

16 January 2004

6 February 2004

pursuant

AGES (6) (A) Application for
an evaluation of substantial
equivalence
to
Article 3(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 258/97 for a ‘noni
juice’
‘Botanical
Products International- F.M.
produced
Brenner GmbH’
from fruit of
species
Morinda citrifolia L. as a novel
food
(28 June
2004)

ingredient

from

the

the

MfFLoF (7), Fødevaredirektor-
(DK) — Opinion
atet
concerning
substantial
the
equivalence of the noni juice
from Pouls Svane
product
product
Trading
to
approved
by Commission
Decision 2003/426/EC of 5
June 2003 authorising the
placing on the market of
noni juice (juice of the fruit
a
citrifolia L.)
Morinda
novel food ingredient

as

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

see 22

21 June 2004

29 June 2004

22a

Tahiti Naturel EURL
PO Box 14968
Arue — Tahiti
French Polynesia
c/o Mme Marysa Benjamin
Tahiti Naturel
1 Square Xavier Monteny
F-93220 Gagny.

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Applicant

Description of Food or Food
Ingredient

Scientific Evidence

Notification

Transmission to
Member States

23

Herr Franz Mitterbauer
FM Network Marketing
GmbH
Stadtplatz 13/1
A-5280 Braunau

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia) with 10%
grape juice concentrate
and
Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

1 March 2004

16 March 2004

2 August 2004

5 August 2004

pursuant

AGES (6) (A) Application for
substantial
evaluation
of
equivalence
to
Article 3(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 258/97 for ‘Indian
Mulberry,
Noni
Morinda
juice with 10%
grape juice concentrate’ from
‘FM Marketing
Network
GmbH’ as a novel food ingre-
dient (27 February 2004)

Indian

pursuant

AGES (6) (A) Application for
substantial
evaluation
of
equivalence
to
Article 3 (4) of Regulation
(EC) No 258/97 for ‘Indian
Mulberry,
Noni
Morinda
from ‘FM
Marketing Network GmbH’
as a novel
food ingredient
(27 July 2004)

Indian
juice’

24

Georg Jessner
Planta Naturstoffe Vertriebs-
ges.m.b.H.
Erlgasse 48
A-1120 Wien

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

pursuant

AGES (6)(A) Application for
an evaluation of substantial
equivalence
to
Article 3(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 258/97 for ‘Nonivera
Saft (trade name), Bio Noni
Saft’ of the company ‘Planta
Vertriebs-
Naturstoffe
ges.m.b.H.’ as a novel
food
ingredient

29 March 2004

21 April 2004

25

Els Deprez
G.D.I. nv
Wolvenhovenstraat 12
B-8870 Izegem

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

24 May 2004

6 July 2004

Gezondheidsraad (B) Opinion
the Public Health Board
of
concerning the request
for
recognition of the substantial
juice
equivalence of a Noni
submitted
GDI
by
company under Article 3(4)
No
of
258/97

Regulation

(EC)

the

26

Dr. John Wilkinson
Herbal Sciences International
Ltd. The Seed Bed Centre,
Langston Road
Loughton Essex IG10 3TQ
United Kingdom
for
US Nutra
2751 Nutra Lane
USA — 32726 Eustis Fl

Capsules with Astaxanthin-
rich Carotenoid Oleoresin
extracted from Haematococcus
(max 4 mg Astax-
Pluvialis
anthin/capsule)

ACNFP (1)(UK) Request for an
Article 5 Opinion on the
Substantial
of
Astaxanthin-rich Carotenoid
Oleoresin
from
extracted
Haematococcus pluvialis

Equivalence

28 June 2004

13 July 2004

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Applicant

Description of Food or Food
Ingredient

Scientific Evidence

Notification

Transmission to
Member States

27

Ms Leena Morander
Teriaka Ltd.
Siirakuja 3
FIN-01490 Vantaa

28

Mr Javier Echevarria
Gutierrez
Corporaction Alimentaria
PEÑASANTA S.A.
E-33199 Granda-Siero

products
phytosterols/

Milk type products and soya
drinks with added phytos-
terols/phytostanols
And
Fermented milk
added
with
phytostanols
a portion will not contain
more than 3 g (in case of
one portion per day) or more
(in case of 3
than 1 g
portions per day) of added
phytosterols/phytostanols;
a container of beverages will
not contain more than 3 g
of phytosterols/phytostanols.

Milk type and fermented milk
type products with added
phytosterols/phytostanols
a portion will not contain
more than 3 g (in case of
one portion per day) or more
than 1 g
(in case of 3
portions per day) of added
phytosterols/phytostanols;
a container of beverages will
not contain more than 3 g
of phytosterols/phytostanols.

29

Friedrich Reuss for
(i) MEDICURA AG
Am Baumfeld 14
D-97616 Bad Neustadt

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

(ii) Littlefood GmbH
Schmiedweg 6
A-6380 St. Johann

(iii)
Naturana GmbH

Eichthalstraße 12a
D-82377 Penzberg

30

Ms Geraldine Perez
Danone
126, rue Jules-Guesde
F-92302 Levallois-Perret

Yoghurt with added phytos-
terols/phytostanols
a portion will not contain
more than 3 g (in case of
one portion per day) or more
than 1 g
(in case of 3
portions per day) of added
phytosterols/phytostanols;
a container of beverages will
not contain more than 3 g
of phytosterols/phytostanols.

1 July 200

16 July 2004

Food

Board

NFB (8) (FIN) Opinion of the
Novel
on
substantial equivalence in the
case of a milk and soya drink
with
Diminicol®
added
ingredient (Teriaka Ltd.)

4 October 2004

16 November 2004

(FIN) Opinion on
NFB (8)
substantial equivalence in the
case
fermented milk
products with added Dimini-
col® ingredient (Teriaka Ltd.)

of

are

phytosterols/phytosta-
The
nols
that were
those
authorised by Commission
Decision 2004/333/EC

7 June 2004

4 August 2004

23 July 2004

2 August 2004

AGES (6) (A) Application for
recognition
substantial
of
under Article
equivalence,
3(4) of Regulation (EC) No
258/97, for a product known
as ‘Noni-Fruchtsaft von den
Cook-Inseln’ (Noni Fruit Juice
from the Cook Islands) to be
marketed by the firms ‘Little-
food’,
‘Naturana GmbH’ und
‘Medicura AG’ as a novel
food ingredient.

29 July 2004

12 August 2004

Food

Board

NFB (8) (FIN) Opinion of the
Novel
on
substantial equivalence in the
case
type
product with added DANA-
COL® ingredient
(DANONE
France)

yoghurt

of

a

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Description of Food or Food
Ingredient

Scientific Evidence

Notification

Transmission to
Member States

31

Dr Horst Messinger
Cognis Deutschland GmbH &
Co. KG
Postfach 13 01 64
D-40551 Düsseldorf
Henkelstrasse 67
D-40589 Düsseldorf

for

esters

Phytosterol
addition to
(i) milk type products and
type products;

the

yoghurt
and

by

spreads

as
(ii) yellow fat
Council
described
No
Regulation
2991/94,
excluding
cooking and frying fats
and spreads based on
butter or other animal fat

(EC)

(UK) Request for an
FSA (9)
opinion on the substantial
equivalence of phytosterols
and their esters

23 July 2004

4 August 2004

31a

Mr Gilles Nassy
Novandie
19, rue de la République
F-76153 Maromme Cedex

Yogurth type products with
added phytosterol esters
a portion will not contain
more than 3 g (in case of
one portion per day) or more
than 1 g
(in case of 3
portions per day) of added
phytosterol esters;
a container of beverages will
not contain more than 3 g
of added phytosterol esters

The phytosterol esters ingre-
dient
the one that was
notified by Cognis

is

22 July 2004

9 September 2004

The phytosterol esters ingre-
dient
the one that was
notified by Cognis

is

30
2004

September

21 October 2004

31b

Ms Maria Donzília de Jesus
Cantarinho
LACTOGAL
Produtos Alimentares S.A.
Rua do Campo Alegre 830 5°
P-4150-171 Porto

and

yogurth

type
Milk
products with added phytos-
terol esters
a portion will not contain
more than 3 g (in case of
one portion per day) or more
than 1 g
(in case of 3
portions per day) of added
phytosterol esters;
a container of beverages will
not contain more than 3 g
of added phytosterol esters

31c

Mr Eric Grande
Danone Vitapole
Route Départementale 128
F-91767 Palaiseau Cedex
for
Compagnie Gervais Danone

milk

Fermented
type
products with added phytos-
terol esters
a portion will not contain
more than 3 g (in case of
one portion per day) or more
than 1 g
(in case of 3
portions per day) of added
phytosterol esters;
a container of beverages will
not contain more than 3 g
of added phytosterol esters

that

ingredient

NFB (8)
(FIN) Opinion on
substantial equivalence of a
and
phytosterol
yoghurt type products added
with
ingredient
(Compagnie Gervais Danone)
(4 November 2004) and the
(FIN)
opinion of the NFB (8)
issued in connection with the
notification No 30
The phytosterol esters ingre-
dient may also be the same
that was notified by Cognis.

23 November 2004

13 December 2004

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Ingredient

Scientific Evidence

Notification

Transmission to
Member States

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33

34

35

36

37

Michael O'Shea
QA Consumer Food Manager
Dairygold
Clonmel Road
Mitchelstown
Co.Cork
Ireland

Food Safety Authority of
of 11
letter
Ireland By
August
their
expressed
opinion that these yellow fat
substantial
was
spread
similar
a
to
equivalent
product on the EU market.

Yellow fat spreads excluding
cooking and frying fats and
spreads based on butter or
other animal fat with added
phytosterols
a portion will not contain
more than 3 g (in case of
one portion per day) or more
than 1 g
(in case of 3
portions per day) of added
phytosterol esters.

30 August 2004

20 September 2004

Brent Rogers
Cargill Acidulants
Cargill Drive
Eddyville
IA 52553
USA

Glucosamine Hydryochloride
from the fungus Aspergillus
niger

equivalence

(UK) Opinion on
ACNFP (1)
of
Substantial
(Aspergillus
glucosamine HCl
niger)
under
considered
Article 5 of the Novel Foods
Regulation

6 August 2004

13 October 2004

Mr Salvador Martí Gómez-
Lechón
SomaNoni
TICO CATALANA S.A.
Sucursal en España
Camino de Aldaya 18
E-46940 Manises, Valencia

Mr Daniel Deneke
COSMOS-AN Europe B.V.
Postbus 2699
6401 DD Heerlen
Nederland
Economiestraat 13
6433 KC Hoensbroek
Nederland

Mr Gerry Reints
NONI Hawaii BV
Postbus 1342
9701 BH Groningen
Nederland
Aweg 43
9718 CX Groningen
Nederland

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

equivalence

AESA (10) (E) Declaration of
substantial
for
the product ‘Somanoni’ from
the company Tico Catalana
S.A.

16 August 2004

7 October 2004

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

(3) Assessment

Gezondheidsraad (NL) Noni
Juice
of
substantial equivalence of a
fruit juice from Morinda citri-
folia

13 October 2004

16 November 2004

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

(2) Assessment

Gezondheidsraad (NL) Noni
of
Juice
substantial equivalence of a
fruit juice from Morinda citri-
folia

14 October 2004

16 November 2004

Mr Pascal Erdmann
Natures Products
15 Brailsford Court, Howick
Auckland
New Zealand

Noni juice (juice of the fruits
of Morinda citrifolia)

Food Standards Agency (UK)
Opinion on the equivalence
of Cook Island Noni juice by
Natures Products Ltd.

2 November 2004

15 November 2004

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 208/11

Applicant

Description of Food or Food
Ingredient

Scientific Evidence

Notification

Transmission to
Member States

24 October 2004

13 December 2004

Food

Board

(FIN)
Novel
Opinion
substantial
on
equivalence in the case of
plant
stanol
sterol/plant
ingredient
intended to be
used in foods (Cargill Incor-
poration)

38

Dr. F. Shinnick
Cargill
15407 McGinty Road
MS 110
Wyazata, MN 55391
USA

Foods with added phytos-
terols:
Yellow fat spreads excluding
cooking or frying fats and
spreads based on butter or
other animal fat;

Salad dressings, mayonnaise
and spicy sauces;

Milk-type drinks with fruit
cereals, milk-based
and/or
fermented milk
fruit drinks,
type products, where
the
milk fat and/or protein has
been partly or fully replaced
by vegetable fat or protein
and soy drinks;

type products

Cheese
(fat
content ≤12g per 100g),
where the milk fat and/or
protein has been partly or
fully replaced by vegetable fat
or protein

a portion will not contain
more than 3 g (in case of
one portion per day) or more
(in case of 3
than 1 g
portions per day) of added
phytosterols/phytostanols;
a container of beverages will
not contain more than 3 g
of added phytosterols/phytos-
tanols.

BVL
BfR

Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (UK)
Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin (D)
Agence française de sécurite sanitaire des alimentes (F)
Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (D)
Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (D)
Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH (A)

(1) ACNFP
(2)
BgVV
(3) AFFSA
(4)
(5)
(6) AGES
(7) MfFLoF Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri (DK)
(8) NFB
(9)
FSA
(10) AESA

Novel Food Board (FIN)
Food Standards Agency (UK)
Agencia espaniola de seguridad alimentaria (E)