Novel Food Status Catalogue Updates

Korean mud snail: Bullacta exarata

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

    • Update: New entry.

Azuki bean (Phaseolus angularis) flour protein hydrolysate and enriched protein hydrolysate  

    • Flour protein hydrolysate and enriched protein hydrolysate: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry. Addition of the Novel Food status outcome of Azuki bean (Phaseolus angularis) flour protein hydrolysate and enriched protein hydrolysate.

Fingerroot, Krachai, Chinese ginger: Boesenbergia rotunda

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

    • Update: New entry.

Olive: Olea europaea L. 

    • Fruit: Not Novel in Food.

    • Non concentrated aqueous infusion (leaves): Not Novel in Food.

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

    • Peptide extract from olive pit: Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Aqueous extract of olive fruit containing at least 10% hydroxytyrosol: Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

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

    • Update: Addition of precisions.

Neopyropia yezoensis (Ueda) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie (Nori)

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Coelastrella vacuolata(I.Shihira & R.W.Krauss) Hegewald & N.Hanagata 2002

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Ulva ohnoi Hiraoka & S.Shimada 2004

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Ulva compressa Linnaeus 1753

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Ulva australis Areschoug 1854

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Lactobacillus paragasseri 

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

    • Update: New entry.

Agaricus subrufescens Peck and Agaricus blazei Murrill

    • Fruiting body: Not Novel in Food.

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

    • Update: The name Agaricus blazei Murill, which was commonly used in the past, refers to a different, non-cultivated mushroom species and should therefore no longer be used. The mushroom that is cultivated is actually Agaricus subrufescens Peck.

In December, expect again an insightful summary of the latest Novel Foods updates. We will keep you briefed as new information becomes available.