Amendment to specifications for the novel food Schizochytrium sp. oil rich in DHA and EPA
European Union
Jul 30, 2024
With implementing Regulation Regulation (EU) 2024/2062 of 30 July 2024, the Commission amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the specifications of the novel food Schizochytrium sp. oil rich in DHA and EPA.
On 30 January 2024, the company DSM Nutritional Products Ltd. (‘the applicant’) submitted an application to the Commission in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 for a change of the specifications of the novel food Schizochytrium sp. oil rich in DHA and EPA. The applicant requested to lower the levels of DHA from the current authorised level of equal or greater than 22,5 % to equal or greater than 15,0 %.
The information provided in the application and the Authority’s ‘Scientific Opinion on the extension of use for DHA and EPA-rich algal oil from Schizochytrium sp. as a Novel Food ingredient’ gives sufficient grounds to establish that the changes to the specifications of the novel food are in accordance with the conditions of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 and should be approved.
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 should therefore be amended accordingly.
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