EN
L 2/16
Official Journal of the European Union
4.1.2023
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/6 of 3 January 2023 authorising the placing on the market of pea and rice protein fermented by Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) mycelia as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard 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(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 provides that only novel foods authorised and included in the Union list of novel foods 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) has established a Union list of novel foods.
(3)
On 12 December 2019, the company MycoTechnology, Inc. (‘the applicant’) submitted an application to the Commission in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 to place pea and rice protein fermented by Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) mycelia, on the Union market as a novel food.
The applicant requested for the fermented pea and rice protein to be used in bakery wares, breads, rolls, croutons, pizza, breakfast cereals, cereal bars, fruit- and vegetable- based drinks, ready-to-mix beverage powders, cocoa and chocolate confectionary, dairy analogues and non-dairy meal replacements for weight control, fermented milk-based products, pasta-based products, meat preparations and meat products, soups (ready-to eat) and soup concentrates or powders, salads, meat analogues, milk-based drinks, and single meal replacements for weight control, intended for the general population.
(4)
On 12 December 2019, the applicant also made a request to the Commission for the protection of proprietary scientific studies and data submitted in support of the application, namely, the detailed production process description (3) and the compositional analyses of the novel food (4).
(5)
On 22 April 2020, the Commission requested the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) to carry out an assessment of pea and rice protein fermented by Lentinula edodes mycelia as a novel food.
(6)
On 28 February 2022, the Authority adopted its scientific opinion on the ‘Safety of pea and rice protein fermented by Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) mycelia as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283’ (5) in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.
(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) MycoTechnology, Inc. (2020, unpublished).
(4) MycoTechnology, Inc. (2020 and 2021, unpublished).
(5) EFSA Journal 2022;20(4):7205.