This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website
Document 32011D0076
2011/76/EU: Commission Decision of 2 February 2011 authorising the placing on the market of a chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 480)
2011/76/EU: Commission Decision of 2 February 2011 authorising the placing on the market of a chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 480)
2011/76/EU: Commission Decision of 2 February 2011 authorising the placing on the market of a chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 480)
OJ L 29, 3.2.2011, pp. 34–35
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
|
3.2.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 29/34 |
COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 February 2011
authorising the placing on the market of a chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2011) 480)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2011/76/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
|
(1) |
On 15 January 2008 the company Kitozyme SA made a request to the competent authorities of Belgium to place a chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger on the market as a novel food ingredient. |
|
(2) |
On 5 November 2008 the competent food assessment body of Belgium issued its initial assessment report. In that report it came to the conclusion that an additional assessment was required. |
|
(3) |
The Commission forwarded the initial assessment report to all Member States on 12 March 2009. Several Member States submitted additional comments. |
|
(4) |
Therefore the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was consulted on 27 August 2009. |
|
(5) |
On 9 July 2010, EFSA (Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies) in the ‘Scientific opinion on the safety of “chitin-glucan” as a novel food ingredient’ (2) came to the conclusion that chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger was safe under the proposed conditions of use and the proposed levels of intake. |
|
(6) |
On the basis of the scientific assessment, it is established that chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger complies with the criteria laid down in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97. |
|
(7) |
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food ingredient to be used in food supplements with a maximum dose of 5 g per day.
Article 2
The designation of chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuff containing it shall be ‘chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger’.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to Kitozyme SA, Rue Haute Claire, 4, Parc Industriel des Hauts-Sarts, Zone 2, 4040 Herstal, Belgium.
Done at Brussels, 2 February 2011.
For the Commission
John DALLI
Member of the Commission
(2) EFSA Journal 2010; 8(7): 1687.
ANNEX
SPECIFICATIONS OF CHITIN-GLUCAN FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER MYCELIUM
Description
Chitin-glucan is obtained from the mycelium of Aspergillus niger, it is a slightly yellow, odourless, free-flowing powder. It has a dry matter content of 90 % or more.
Chitin-glucan is composed largely of two polysaccharides:
|
— |
chitin, composed of repeating units of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (CAS No: 1398-61-4), |
|
— |
beta(1,3)-glucan, composed of repeating units of D-glucose (CAS No: 9041-22-9). |
|
Specification of chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger |
|
|
Loss on drying |
≤ 10 % |
|
Chitin-glucan |
≥ 90 % |
|
Ratio of chitin to glucan |
30:70 to 60:40 |
|
Ash |
≤ 3 % |
|
Lipids |
≤ 1 % |
|
Proteins |
≤ 6 % |