Novel food

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Novel Food ( english , novel foods') are by legal definition foods Novel Food Regulation in the front of the entry into force of the EU have not been brought to a significant degree for human consumption in the trade. These are foods from other cultures that have not been widely used up to now, including exotic fruits, and so-called designer food , for example electrolyte drinks for athletes. Functional food , on the other hand, does not fall under this term. TheEU also has its own regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003for genetically modified food , so that these products no longer come under the term novel food . Colloquially, however, they are called that.

Novel Food Regulation

The Novel Food Ordinance primarily classifies as novel foods:

Food and food ingredients

  • with a new or specifically modified primary molecular structure , e.g. B. Fat substitutes ;
  • which consist of microorganisms, fungi or algae or have been isolated from them;
  • consisting of or isolated from plants and food ingredients isolated from animals
  • an unusual process has been used in the manufacture of which this process causes a significant change in the composition or structure of the food or food ingredients, which affects the nutritional value, metabolism or the amount of undesirable substances in the food

Before a food that is considered a novel food is placed on the market , it must go through an approval process. Approval is only granted if the test shows that the product is harmless to health.

Likewise, according to the Novel Food Ordinance, certain labeling requirements apply to such foods

  • All characteristics or nutritional properties, such as composition, nutritional value or nutritional effects, intended use of the food, which lead to a novel food or a novel food ingredient no longer being equivalent to an existing food or an existing food ingredient. A new food is no longer considered to be equivalent if it can be proven by a scientific analysis that the tested characteristics differ from conventional foods.
  • the changed characteristics and the process by which they were achieved, as well as
  • existing substances that are not present in existing equivalent foods and that can affect the health of certain population groups;
  • Existing substances that are not present in existing equivalent foods and against which there are ethical reservations. If there are no comparable foods, provisions must be put in place to provide the consumer with adequate information.

Approvals

The following novel foods are approved in Europe:

In Switzerland , which is not an EU member, in 2017 according to are since May 1 Regulation of EDI on novel foods (Annex 1) approved three species of insects as food: The mealworm Tenebrio in the larval stage, the cricket Acheta domesticus (adult form) and the European migratory locust Locusta migratoria (adult form). Insects are also considered novel foods in the EU and are therefore covered by Regulation (EU) No. 2283/2015 on novel foods; however, to date no insects have been approved as a novel food in the EU.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Novel Food - List of Authorizations
  2. ↑ Application for approval of the placing on the market of UV-treated mushrooms with increased vitamin D content in accordance with the Novel Food Regulation (EC) No. 258/97
  3. ↑ Expansion of the use of synthetic dihydrocapsiate (DHC) to include use in dietary supplements
  4. ↑ Approval of isomalto-oligosaccharides as a novel food ingredient
  5. ↑ Application for the placing on the market of vitamin K 2 as a novel food ingredient according to Regulation (EC) No. 258/97
  6. ↑ Vitamin K 2 (menaquinone-7)
  7. ↑ Phospholipid-rich oil from Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) as a novel food ingredient (Enzymotec Ltd.)
  8. ↑ Expansion of the intended use of oil (Neptun Krill Oil (NKO®)) from Antarctic krill (Euphasia Superba)
  9. ↑ Application to expand the use of chia seeds in accordance with the Novel Food Regulation ((EC) No. 258/97) to include certain non-alcoholic beverages
  10. ↑ Phosphatidylserine made from fish phospholipids
  11. ↑ Authorization for placing Tetraselmis chuii on the market
  12. ↑ Methyl cellulose as a novel food ingredient
  13. ↑ Docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid-rich oil from the microalgae Schizochytrium
  14. ↑ Arachidonic acid-rich oil from the Mortierella alpina mushroom
  15. ^ Magnolia bark extract. EC No. 107 , Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP)
  16. ↑ Approval of the novel food ingredient zinc L-pidolate in the EU
  17. ↑ Wheat bran extract
  18. ↑ Authorization for the placing on the market of guar gum as a novel food ingredient
  19. ↑ Sucromalt
  20. ↑ D-Tagatose
  21. ↑ Implementing decision of the Commission of December 11, 2014 authorizing the placing on the market of Clostridium butyricum (CBM 588) as a novel food ingredient within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2014/907 / EU) .
  22. ↑ Ordinance of the FDHA on novel foods of December 16, 2016 (as of May 1, 2017) . Swiss Confederation. May 1, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  23. ↑ Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office: Insects as food . Swiss Confederation. April 28, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.

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