Novel food: cellobiose
- Food safety
- Novel/traditional foods
Summary
The European Commission has authorised cellobiose as a novel food that may be placed on the EU market in a number of foods, including food supplements.
European Commission authorises cellobiose as a novel food
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/943 of 11 May 2023 authorising the placing on the market of cellobiose as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
Update
The European Commission has authorised cellobiose as a novel food that may be placed on the EU market in a number of foods, including food supplements.
Impacted Products
food supplements, prepared meats, sausages, meat-based products, liver-based products, savoury sauce dry preparation, sweeteners
What is changing?
The EU has authorised cellobiose as a novel food that may be placed on the EU market in a number of foods. These include food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC, but not those permitted for use by infants and young children. Details on the permitted use are set out in the Annex to the Regulation.
Only the company that applied for the authorisation, SAVANNA Ingredients GmbH, is authorised to place this novel food on the EU market for a period of 5 years, unless another company obtains a novel food authorisation for cellobiose (without reference to scientific data protected by SAVANNA Ingredients GmbH) or with the agreement of SAVANNA Ingredients GmbH.
Timeline
The 5-year period of exclusive rights of SAVANNA Ingredients GmbH to put this novel food on the market ends 1 June 2028.
Background
This Regulation updates the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 which lists authorised novel foods. For further information on the novel food authorisation procedure see Novel foods explained.
Resources
EFSA (2022) Safety of cellobiose as a novel food pursuant to regulation (EU) 2015/2283. EFSA Journal, 20(11): 7596.
Sources
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European Commission authorises cellobiose as a novel food
Regulation
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/943
What is changing and why?
The EU has authorised cellobiose as a novel food that may be placed on the EU market in a number of foods. These include food supplements, but not those to be used by infants and young children.
Actions
Only the company that applied for the authorisation, SAVANNA Ingredients GmbH, is authorised to place this novel food on the EU market for a period of 5 years, unless another company obtains a novel food authorisation for cellobiose, or with the agreement of SAVANNA Ingredients GmbH.
Timeline
These products are permitted on the EU maket from 1 June 2023.
Disclaimer: Under no circumstances shall COLEAD be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of information available on this website or any link to external sites. The use of the website is at the user’s sole risk and responsibility. This information platform was created and maintained with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents do not, however, reflect the views of the European Union.