Summary of notifications received in 2006 by the Commission pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Date: 2007-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, marketing, new product

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Summary of notifications received in 2006 by the Commission pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of
the Council

(2007/C 107/05)

Between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2006 the Commission received 48 notifications of placing on the market novel foods or novel food ingredients pursuant to Article 5 of
Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1).

Applicant

Description of Food or Food Ingredient

Substantial equivalence

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

(1) OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1.

Phytosterol esters for the addition to i) milk type
products and yoghurt type products; and ii) yellow
fat spreads as described by Council Regulation
(EC) No 2991/94, excluding cooking and frying
fats and spreads based on butter or other animal
fat

and

spreads

Phytosterols and phytosterol esters for the addition
to yellow fat
(excluding cooking and
frying fats and spreads based on butter or other
animal fat), salad dressings including mayonnaise
and milk type products as specified by Commis-
sion Decision 2004/333/EC, spicy sauces as speci-
fied by Commission Decision 2004/334/EC and
milk based fruit drinks as specified by Commis-
sion Decision 2004/336/EC.

and

Rye bread with added phytosterol esters and/or
phytosterols

The requirements laid down in Article 2 of the
aforementioned Decisions apply.

( UK) Request

FSA (1)
for an opinion on the
substantial equivalence of phytosterols and their
esters

23 July 2004

4 August 2004

UUS (2)
(FIN) Lausunto Cognis kasvisterolien ja
niiden esterien sekä näillä täydennettyjen elintar-
(Cognis
vikkeiden
Deutschland GmbH & Co)

vastaavuudesta

oleellisesta

20 April 2005

29 June 2005

UUS (2)
(FIN) Lausunto Cognis kasvisteroliainek-
sella täydennetyn ruisleivän oleellisesta vastaavuu-
desta (Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co)

23 May 2006

9 June 2006

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Substantial equivalence

Notification

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31g

Ronnie Braunberger
Tucano Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG
Gewerbegebiet Siebend
D-66663 Merzig

Soya drinks 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 ingredient is the one that
was notified by Cognis

9 March 2006

31 March 2006

31i

Dr Friedrich Kick
Karwendel-Werke Huber GmbH & Co. KG
Karwendelstr. 6-16
D-86807 Buchlohe

31j Michael Gusko

Kampffmeyer Food Innovation GmbH
Trettauerstraße 32-34

Cheese type products with added phytosterol
esters

The phytosterol esters ingredient is the one that
was notified by Cognis

13 July 2006

20 July 2006

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

Rye bread with added phytosterols and/or phytos-
terol esters

The phytosterol
notified by Cognis and/or Cargill

ingredient is the one that was

5 July 2006

20 July 2006

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

31k Walter Link

Walter Rau Lebensmittelwerke GmbH & Co KG
Münsterstr. 9-11
D-49176 Hilter

Yellow fat spreadswith added phytosterols, but
excluding cooking and frying fats and spreads
based on butter or other animal fat

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

The phytosterol
notified by Cognis

ingredient is the one that was

7 June 2006

3 August 2006

31l

Luciano Sita
Granarolo S.p.a.
Via Cadrina, 272
I-40127 Bologna

Fermented milk (yoghurt)
added phytosterols

type products with

The phytosterol
notified by Cognis

ingredient is the one that was

26 July 2006

31 July 2006

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

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Substantial equivalence

Notification

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Member States

31m Epaminondas Chinis
Vivartia S.A.
Dairy & Drinks Division
16 Eirinis Ave.
GR-177 78 Tavros

31o

Francesca Varvello
Molino Vigevano srl
Via Matteotti, 10
I-27029 Vigevano

38

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

The phytosterol
notified by Cognis

ingredient is the one that was

26 October 2006

6 November 2006

The phytosterols are provided by Cognis

28 November 2006

8 February 2007

UUS (2) (FIN) lausunto elintarvikkeissa käytettäviksi
tarkoitettujen kasvisterolien/kasvistanolien olennai-
sesta vastaavuudesta (Cargill Incorporation)

24 October 2004

13 December 2004

Milk type products such as semi skimmed and
skimmed milk type products, possibly with the
addition of fruits and/or cereals, fermented milk
type products such as yoghurt, soya drinks, cheese
type products (fat content ≤ 12 g per 100 g),
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 than 1 g (in case
of 3 portions per day) of added phytosterols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols

Rye bread with added phytosterols and/or 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

Foods with added phytosterols:

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

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

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Substantial equivalence

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Dr Yves Le Bail-Collet
Cargill R&D Centre Europe
Havenstraat 84
B-1800 Vilvoorde

38a ABAFOODS s.r.l.

Via Cà Mignola Nuova, 1775
I-45021 Badia Polesine (Rovigo)

41

Dr David Stewart
Forbes Medi-Tech Inc.
750 West Pender Street
Vancouver B.C. V6C 2T8
Canada

UUS (2) (FIN) Lausunto CorowiseTM kasvisteroliai-
neksella täydennetyn ruisleivän oleellisesta vastaa-
vuudesta (Cargill)

4 September 2006

12 September 2006

The phytosterol
notified by Cargill

ingredient is the one that was

3 August 2006

7 September 2006

Rye bread 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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols/phytostanols.

Soy drinks 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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols/phytostanols.

2004/333/EC,

Foods listed in Article 1 of Commission Decision
2000/500/EC and in annex 1 of Commission
Decisions
2004/334/EC,
2004/335/EC and 2004/336/EC (yellow fat
fermented milk type
spreads,
products,
type products,
yoghurt type products, spicy sauces, milk based
fruit drinks) with added phytosterols/ phytostanols
(ReducolTM)

salad dressings,
soya drinks,

cheese

UUS (2) (FIN) Lausunto Forbes sterol esters kasvis-
elintarvikkeissa
vastaavuudesta
teroliaineksen
käytettäväksi hyväksyttyjen kasvisterolien ja kasvis-
teroliestereiden kanssa (Forbes Medi-Tech Inc.) of
28 February 2005

22 April 2005

6 June 2005

Rye bread

UUS (2)
(FIN) Lausunto Reducol™ kasvisteroliai-
neksella täydennetyn ruisleivän oleellisesta vastaa-
vuudesta

12 June 2006

3 August 2006

Cheese products (fat content < 12 g per 100g)
with added phytosterols and/or phytosterol esters

Letter of 6 September 2006 by the FSAI (3) (IRL)
concerning the substantial equivalence

3 October 2006

6 November 2006

41e Mogens Nielsen

Directeur général
Dragsbæk
Simons Bakke 46
DK-7700 Thisted

Yellow fat spreads with added phytosterols as
defined by Council Regulation (EC) No 2991/94,
excluding cooking and frying fats and spreads
based on butter or other animal fat

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

The phytosterols are the same as authorised by
Commission Decision 2004/845/EC

20 March 2006

31 March 2006

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41h

Pedro Diniz Freire
Renoldy — Produção e commercialização de leite
e produtos lácteos, Lda.
Rua Victor Cordon, n.o 21
P-1200-482 Lisboa

Milk based beverages 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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols

The phytosterols are the same as authorised by
Commission Decision 2004/845/EC

24 April 2006

19 May 2006

41i

41j

Liane Morsink
Romi Smilfood B.V.
Postbus 200
8440 AE Heerenveen
Nederland

De Kuinder 7
8444 DC Heerenveen
Nederland

John Mullen
Kingdom Cheese Company
Glenfield Industrial Estate
Cowdenbeath
Fife
Scotland KY4 9HT
United Kingdom

54

Kjell Sjöberg
Triple Crown AB
Stenslingan 10
S-1238 Stockholm

Yellow fat spreads with added phytosterols/phytos-
terol esters

The phytosterols/phytosterol esters are provided
by Forbes MediTech

5 December 2006

26 December 2006

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

Cheese type products with added phytosterols

The phytosterols are provided by Forbes MediTech

23 May 2006

26 June 2006

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

Phytosterols to be used in milk type, yoghurt type
products

ACNFP (4) Opinion on substantial Equivalence of
free phytosterols considered under Article 5 of the
Novel Foods Regulation

11 November 2005

8 December 2005

Stenslingan 103
S-182 38 Danderyd

Low fat soft cheese/melt cheese (fat content ≤ 12 g
per 100 g) and rye bread

UUS (2) Lausunto Triple Crown yrityksen valmis-
taman kasvisteroliaineksen ja sillä täydennettyjen
elintarvikkeiden oleellisesta vastaavuudesta (Triple
Crown AB)

16 October 2006

7 November 2006

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54a Mette Krabbe Akerlind
Milko ek. För.
Box 31
S-182 11 Danderyd

55

H. Homan
Westland Kaasspecialiteiten B.V.
Postbus 13
1270 AA Huizen
Nederland

Zuiderzee 5
1271 EP Huizen
Nederland

Cheese type products with added phytosterols

the phytosterols are supplied by Triple Crown

23 November 2006

20 December 2006

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

Cheese type products with added phytostereols

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

The phytosterols are the same as authorised by
Commission Decision 2004/333/EC

12 January 2006

21 February 2006

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Denis Carrigan
Glanbia Consumer Foods
3008 Lake Drive
Citywest Business Campus
Dublin 24
Ireland

Yogurth type products 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 phytosterols/
phytostanols

FSAI (3)
(IRL) has delivered an opinion that the
foods are substantially equivalent to existing ones

7 February 2006

21 February 2006

F. Fogeda
Vitae-Caps S.A.
Polígono Industrial Torrehierro
c/Gutemberg 356
E-45600 Talavera de la Reina (Toledo)

Yellow fat spreads as defined by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No. 2991/94, excluding cooking and
frying fats and spreads based on butter or other
animal fat;

Milk type products; and

Yoghurt type products

AESA (5) (E) Opinión sobre el proceso de equiva-
lenca sustancial de acuerdo al articulo 3 (4) al
articulo 5 del reglamento (CE) No 258/97 respecto
a la solicitud presenta sobre el producto ‘Vitasterol
S-80 non GMO’, por la empresa Vital Caps S.A.

30 January 2006

21 February 2006

Yellow fat spreads; milk type products; fermented
milk type products; cheese type products, salad
dressings; and soya drinks

AESA (5) (E) Opinión sobre la solicitud presentada
por la empresa VitaeCaps S.A. para registrar sus
fitosteroles y sus ésteres de fitosterol según el
proceso de equivalencia sustancial del Reglamento
(CE) No 258/97, de acuerdo con el procedimiento
establecido en el Articulo 5 del mismo (4 Mayo
2006)

22 June 2006

27 September 2006

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Transmission to
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AESA (5) (E) Opinión sobre la solicitud presentada
por la empresa VitaeCaps S.A. para registrar sus
fitosteroles y sus ésteres de fitosterol según el
proceso de equivalencia sustancial del Reglamento
(CE) No 258/97, de acuerdo con el procedimiento
establecido en el Articulo 5 del mismo (27 julio
2006)

26 October 2006

16 November 2006

The phytostereol esters are the same as notified by
VitaeCaps

7 September 2006

19 September 2006

Spicy sauces; rye bread with flour containing ≥
50 % rye (wholemeal rye flour, whole or cracked
rye kernels and rye flakes) ≤ 30 % wheat and with
≤ 4 % sugar but no fat added

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);

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols/phytostanols;

salad dressing will be packed as single portions

Milk type products with addedd 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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3g g of added phytosterols/phytostanols

Milk type products, yoghurt type products, spicy
sauces and salad dressings with added phytosterols

The phytosterols are the same as notified by Vitae-
Caps

8 September 2006

29 September 2006

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;

spicy sauces and salad dressings will be packed as
single portions; a container of beverages will not
contain more than 3g g of added phytosterols/
phytostanols

57a

Friedrich Meindl
Nöm AG
Vöslauer Straße 106
A-2500 Baden

57b

Tim-Oliver Schön
Heideblume Molkerei
Elsdorf-Rotenburg eG
D-27404 Elsdorf

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58

J. Broers
PrimaPharm B.V.
15, Nieuwe Uitleg
2514 BP Den Haag
Nederland

58a Dr Valentin Verdorfer

Qualitymanagement
Latteria Sociale Merano
Via Cava, 5
I-39012 Merano

58b Dr Alberto Contessotto

Direttore di Stabilemento trentinalatte S.P.A.
Via 4 Novembre, 63
I-38030 Roverè della Luna

Yellow fat spreads as defined by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No. 2991/94, excluding cooking and
frying fats and spreads based on butter or other
fat; milk type and fermented milk type
animal
products; yoghurt
type products; cheese type
products and soya drinks 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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3g g of added phytosterols/phytostanols

Yellow fat spreads as defined by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No. 2991/94, excluding cooking and
frying fats and spreads based on butter or other
fat; milk type and fermented milk type
animal
type products; cheese type
products; yoghurt
products and soya drinks 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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3g g of added phytosterols/phytostanols

Yellow fat spreads as defined by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No. 2991/94, excluding cooking and
frying fats and spreads based on butter or other
fat; milk type and fermented milk type
animal
products; yoghurt
type products; cheese type
products and soya drinks 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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3g g of added phytosterols/phytostanols

ACNFP (1) (UK) Opinion on substantial equivalence
of phytosterols considered under Article 5 the
Novel Foods Regulation

16 January 2006

21 February 2006

The phytosterols are provided by PrimaPharm

13 March 2006

27 April 2006

The phytosterols are provided by PrimaPharm

3 May 2006

24 May 2006

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Yves Toboul
Directeur commercial, Pacifique Sud
Zone industrielle Napoléon
530, avenue des Templiers — Bât. 7
F-13400 Aubagne

Noni juice (juice of the fruits of Morinda citrifolia) AFSSA (6) (F) Avis de l'Agence française de sécurité
sanitaire des aliments relatif à une demande d'éva-
luation de l'équivalence en substance d'un jus de
noni tahitien au stade de ‘produit en vrac’ avec un
autre jus de noni autorisé par décision du 5 juin
2003 du Comité Scientifique de l'Alimentation
Humaine de la Commission européenne

28 February 2006

31 March 2006

60 Marek Koczubik

Laboratoria Natury sp. z o.o.
ul. Rapackiego 19
PL-20-150 Lublin

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Isaac Sigal
Joy Products S.A.
Del ICE Sabana Norte
125 metros Norte
Frente al Colegio Los Ángeles
Edificio Balot, 2ndo piso
San José
Costa Rica

Essi Sarkkinen
Mari Lyyra
Oy Foodfiles Ltd
Neulaniementie 2 L 6
FIN — 70210 Kuopio

on behalf of Arboris LLC

Noni juice (juice of the fruits of Morinda citrifolia)

IRPZ (7)
(POL) Opinia o istotnej równowartości
soku ‘Noni Vita — 100 % Noni soku z owoców
no
autoryzowanym decyzja
noni’
2003/426/EC sokiem ‘Tahitian Noni’

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6 February 2006

19 April 2006

Noni juice (juice of the fruits of Morinda citrifolia) DSPVNSA (8)

(I) Parere sulla sostanziale equiva-

18 January 2006

11 April 2006

lenza del prodotto TABARI NONI

UUS (2)
(FIN) Lausunto Arboris® sterol AS-2TM
kasvisterolaineksen sekä sillä täydennettyjen elin-
tarvikkeiden olelllisesta vastaavuudesta (Arboris®
LLC)

5 April 2006

27 April 2006

7 December 2006

19 February 2007

Yellow fat spreads as defined by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No. 2991/94, excluding cooking and
frying fats and spreads based on butter or other
fat; milk type and fermented milk type
animal
products; yoghurt
type products; cheese type
products; soya drinks and salad dressings and
spicy sauces

rye bread with flour containing ≥ 50 % rye and ≤
30 % wheat; and with ≤ 4 % sugar but no fat
added

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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3g g of added phytosterols/phytostanols;

salad dressings and spicy sauces will be packed as
single portions.

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Description of Food or Food Ingredient

Substantial equivalence

Notification

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Member States

Rudolf Bresink
Argand'Or GmbH
Altkönigstraße 10
D-61462 Königstein im Taunus

Argan Oil (Oil from Argania spinosa)

The DGCCRF (9) (F) confirmed that a previously
issued opinion by AFSSA (3) was also applicable to
this Argan Oil

4 April 2006

27 April 2006

Dr Annette Pettersson
AstaReal AB
Idrottsvägen 4
S-134 40 Gustavsberg

Henna Karvonen
Oy Foodfiles Ltd.
au nom de
Oy Ecoway AB
Kauppakulma
FIN-49400 Hamina

Richard Blanchette
Noni Vida
208 Calle Arzobispo — Suite 204
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic

Lucien Zabala
Tropic Noni C. por A.
104 Calle 19 de Marzo
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic

Astaxanthin in food supplements

LIV (10) (Sweden) Substantial equivalence applica-
tion for the approval ot the astaxanthin-rich super-
critical carbon dioxide extract, AstaREAL-L10,
for use in
derived from Haematococcus pluvialis,
dietary supplements

17 May 2006

22 May 2006

Noni juice (juice of the fruits of Morinda citrifolia) UUS (2)

(FIN) Lausunto nonimehun oleellisesta

22 May 2006

9 June 2006

vastaavuudesta (Ecoway Oy)

Noni juice (juice of the fruits of Morinda citrifolia) AFSSA (6) (F) Avis de l'Agence française de sécurité
sanitaire des aliments relative à une demande
d'évaluation de l'équivalence en substance d'un jus
de noni de République Dominicaine avec un autre
jus de noni autorisé par décision du 5 juin 2003
du Comité Scientifique de l'Alimentation Humaine
de la Commission européenne

23 February 2006

9 June 2006

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Dirk Börger
HANOJU Europe
Hof van Reims 1
7007 JC Doetinchem
Nederland

Noni juice (juice of the fruits of Morinda citrifolia) BVN (11) (NL) Nonisap (4) Beoordeling van wezen-
lijke gelikwaardigheid bij een kennisgeving (notifi-
catie) volgens de Europese verordening 258/97
betreffende nieuwe voedingsmiddelen en nieuwe
voedselingrediënten

11 January 2006

21 February 2006

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68

Dr James Barnett
for
DDO processing LLC
3117 Southside avenue
Cincinatti OH 45204
USA

69

Elena Della-Compagni
Inpharma SA
Via F. Borromi 3
CH-6900 Lugano

Milk type products, fermented milk type products,
soya drinks, salad dressings, spicy sauces with
added phytosterols

ACNFP (1) (UK) Opinion on substantial equivalence
of phytosterols considered under Article 5 of the
Novel Foods Regulation

13 July 2006

28 July 2006

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;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols;

salad dressing and spicy sauces will be packed as
single portions

Milk type products, fermentd milk type products,
yoghurt type products, cheese type products with
added phytosterols

DPSVNSA (8)(I) Parere sulla sostanziale equivalenza
di nuovi ingredienti e prodotti alimentari addizio-
nati di fitosteroli e/o steroli vegetali

26 June 2006

24 July 2006

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;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols

69a Dr Nicola Codispoti

Yoghurt based products with added phytosterols

Centrale del latte di Vicenza
Contra Carpagnon 11
I-36100 Vicenza

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;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols

The phytosterol
notified by Inpharma

ingredient is the one that was

1 August 2006

6 September 2006

69b

Francesco Perozzo
Consorzio Produttori Latte di Trento e Borgo Scarl
Via Campotrentino, 9
I-38100 Trento

Fermented milk type products and yoghurt type
products with added phytosterols

The phytosterol
notified by Inpharma

ingredient is the one that was

30 August 2006

15 September 2006

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;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols

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70

Dr Cornelia Friese-Wehr
KAHUNA GmbH
Alfred-Klingele-Str. 78
D-73630 Remshalden

71

Dr Evelyn Nagler
Stuffer S.p.A.
Via Copernico 2
I-39100 Bolzano

72

Jean Louis Assouad
Les dérivés résiniques et terpéniques
30, rue Gambetta
BP 206
F-40105 Dax Cedex

72a

Paul Aitkenhead
Mills DA
Sofienberggatan 19
PO Box 4644 SOF
N-00506 Oslo

Noni juice (juice of the fruits of Morinda citrifolia) AGES (12)

(AT)

der wesentlichen
Feststellung
Gleichwertigkeit von Saft aus der Frucht der
Spezies Morinda citrifolia L. (Noni-Saft) der Firma
KaHuna GmbH Deutschland zur Verwendung und
In-Verkehrbringen als neuartiges Lebensmittel und
neuartige
in pasteurisierten
Fruchtsaftgetränken

Lebensmittelzutat

2 August 2006

12 September 2006

The phytosterols are the same as authorised by
Commission Decision 2004/333/EC

6 September 2006

15 September 2006

FSA (1) Opinion on the equivalence of phytosterols
produced by DRT

12 October 2006

6 November 2006

The phytosterols are provided by Les Derives Resi-
niques et Terpeniques

27 December 2006

26 January 2007

Milk type products 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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols/phytostanols

Yellow fat spreads as defined by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No. 2991/94, excluding cooking and
frying fats and spreads base don butter or other
animal fat; milk based fruit drinks, yoghurt type
products and cheese type products (fat content ≤
12 g per 100g) where the milk fat and or protein
has been fully or partly replaced by vegetable fat
or protein 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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols/phytostanols

Yellow fat spreads as defined by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2991, excluding cooking and
frying fats and spreads based on butter or other
animal fat

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

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Sebastian Held
Eselerstr. 6
D-86720 Nördlingen

Noni juice (juice of the fruits of Morinda citrifolia) BVL (13)

(D) Steelungnahme über die Frage der
gemäß Art. 3
wesentlichen Gleichwertigkeit
Absatz 4 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 258/97 von
Saft aus der Frucht der Spezies Morinda citrifolia L.
des Herrn Sebastian Held, 90409 Nürnberg, mit
dem as neuartige Lebensmittelzutat gemäß der
Verordnung (EG) Nr. 258/97 zugelassenen ‘Noni-
Saft’ (Saft aus der Frucht der Spezies Morinda citri-
folia L.) der Firma Morinda Inc.

10 October 2006

17 November 2006

UUS (2)
(FIN) Lausunto CholevelTM kasvisterolai-
neksen sekä sillä täydennettyjen elintarvikkeiden
oleellisesta vastaavuudesta (Fenchem Enterprises
Ltd.)

1 November 2006

16 November 2006

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Xu Baoshun
Fenchem Enterprises Ltd.
1911-1915 Fortune Building No. 359
Hongwu Rd
Nanjing, 210002
China

Yellow fat spreads as defined by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No. 2991/94, excluding cooking and
frying fats and spreads based on butter or other
animal fat; milk type products such as skimmed
and semi skimmed milk type products, possibly
with the
cereals,
fermented milk type products, such as yoghurt
and cheese type products (fat content ≤ 12 g per
100g) where the milk fat and or protein has been
fully or partly replaced by vegetable fat or protein;
milk based fruit drinks;

addition of

and/or

fruits

salad dressings and spicy sauces; rye bread with
flour containing ≥ 50 % rye (wholemeal rye flour,
whole or cracked rye kernels and rye flakes) ≤
30 % wheat and with ≤ 4 % sugar but no fat
added

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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols/phytostanols; spicy
sauces and salad dressings will be packed as single
portions

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75

Dr Yves Le Bail-Collet
Cargill R&D Europe
Havenstraat 84
B-1800 Vilvoorde

Yellow fat spreads as defined by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No. 2991/94, excluding cooking and
frying fats and spreads based on butter or other
animal fat; milk type products such as skimmed
and semi skimmed milk type products, possibly
with the
cereals,
fermented milk type products, such as yoghurt
and cheese type products (fat content ≤ 12 g per
100g) where the milk fat and or protein has been
fully or partly replaced by vegetable fat or protein;
milk based fruit drinks;

addition of

and/or

fruits

UUS (2) (FIN) Lausunto COROWISE™ kasvistero-
liesterien ja niillä täydennettyjen elintarvikkeiden
oleellisesta vastaavuudesta (Cargill)

26 October 2006

23 November 2006

salad dressings and spicy sauces; rye bread with
flour containing ≥ 50 % rye (wholemeal rye flour,
whole or cracked rye kernels and rye flakes) ≤
30 % wheat and with ≤ 4 % sugar but no fat
added

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 phytosterols/
phytostanols;

a container of beverages will not contain more
than 3 g of added phytosterols/phytostanols; spicy
sauces and salad dressings will be packed as single
portions

FSA: Food Standards Agency (UK)

FSAI: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (IRL)

(1)
(2) UUS: Novel Food Board (FIN)
(3)
(4) ACNFP: dvisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (UK)
(5) AESA: Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaría (E)
(6) AFSSA: gence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (F)
(7)
(8) DSPVNSA: Ministero della Salute — Dipartimento per la Sanità Pubblica veterinaria, la Nutrizione e la Sicurezza degli Alimenti (I)
(9) DGCCRF: Direction Générale de la Concurrence, de la consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes (F)
(10)
(11) BVN: Bureau Nieuwe Voedingsmiddelen (NL)
(12) AGES: Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH (A)
(13) BVL: Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

IRPZ: Instytut Roślin i Przetworów Zielarskich (PL)

LIV: Livsmedelsverket (S)

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