Novel Food Status Catalogue Updates

Rooster comb extract

    • Rooster comb extract: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Rooster comb extract: Authorised novel food. Can only be placed on the EU market under specific conditions of use and specifications.

    • Update: Addition of precisions.

Phaseolus vulgaris (Black bean)

    • Hydrolysed peptide extract of black bean (Phaseolus vulgaris Savi): Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Update: New entry. Addition of the novel food status outcome of hydrolysed peptide extract of black bean (Phaseolus vulgaris Savi).

Benincasa hispida Cogn. (Wax gourd, Ash gourd, Winter melon)

    • Fruits: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: Addition of precisions.

Salvia apiana Jeps. (White sage)

    • Whole: Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Update: Addition of precisions.

Matricaria chamomilla L. (Chamomile)

    • Aerial parts (including flowers): Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: Addition of precisions. The aerial parts were previously listed as “not novel in food supplements”.

Tauroursodeoxycholic acid

    • Whole: Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Update: New entry.

L-Theanine

    • Substance/extract/preparation (extracted and isolated from green tea (Camellia sinensis)): Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Substance/extract/preparation (produced by fermentation with Escherichia coli): Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Update: Addition of precisions. Addition of the novel food status outcome of L-theanine (obtained by microbial fermentation using Escherichia coli).

Cannabis sativa L. (Hemp)

    • Seeds: Not Novel in Food.

    • Water infusion of hemp leaves (when not accompanied by the flowering and fruiting tops) consumed as such or as part of herbal infusions: Not Novel in Food.

    • Soluble edestin from Cannabis sativa L.: Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Update: Addition of precisions. Addition of the novel food status outcome of soluble edestin from Cannabis sativa L.

Cistus x incanus L.

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Infusion from aerial parts: Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Update: Addition of precisions. Addition of the novel food status outcome of herbal infusion from the aerial parts of Cistus x incanus L.

Whey protein concentrate with alpha-lactalbumin

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Clupea harengus L. (Atlantic herring)

    • Oil extracted from roe: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry. Addition of the novel food status outcome of herring (Clupea harengus L.) roe oil.