(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. On the basis of the definition set out in Article 3(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, traditional food from a third country is considered a novel food.

(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 26 March 2020, the company Kawanasi Sehat Dasacatur, PT (‘the applicant’) submitted a notification to the Commission in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of its intention to place dried nuts of Canarium indicum L. (‘Kenari’) on the Union market as a traditional food from a third country. The applicant requested that the food concerned be used as such or added as an ingredient in cereal and bakery products, confectionary, snacks and prepared dishes intended for the general population.

(4)

The notification complies with the requirements laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. In particular, the data presented by the applicant demonstrate that dried nuts of Canarium indicum L. have a history of safe food use in the Spice Islands region of Indonesia.

(5)

Pursuant to Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, on 13 June 2022, the Commission forwarded the valid notification to the Member States and to the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’).

(6)

No duly reasoned safety objections to the placing on the market within the Union of the food concerned were submitted to the Commission by the Member States or the Authority within the period set in Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.

(7)

On 11 November 2022, the Authority published its ‘Technical Report on the notification of dried nuts of Canarium indicum L. as a traditional food from a third country pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283’ (3). In that report, the Authority concluded that the available data on the composition and the history of the requested use of dried nuts of Canarium indicum L.do not raise safety concerns.

(8)

In its report, the Authority also noted on the basis of limited published evidence on food allergy related to nuts of Canarium indicum L., that allergic reactions may be expected after the consumption of nuts of Canarium indicum L. In particular, studies showed cross-reactivity of nuts of Canarium indicum L. to hazel, cashew and pistachio. It is important that information on the presence of foods that may cause allergic reactions is given in a clear manner to enable consumers to make informed choices which are safe for them. Therefore, it is appropriate that nuts of Canarium indicum L. made available to the consumers are appropriately labelled following the requirements of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 and by virtue of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4).

(9)

The Commission should therefore authorise the placing on the market within the Union of Canarium indicum L. dried nuts as a traditional food from a third country and update the Union list of novel foods accordingly.

(10)

Canarium indicum L. dried nuts should be included as a traditional food from a third country in the Union list of novel foods set out in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470. The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 should therefore be amended accordingly,