Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/668 of 23 April 2021 authorising a change of the conditions of use of chia seeds (Salvia hispanica) as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/668
• Articles: 3

Article 1

1.   The entry in the Union list of authorised novel foods as provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 and included in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, referring to the novel food chia seeds ( Salvia hispanica ), shall be amended as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.   The entry in the Union list referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the conditions of use and labelling requirements laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

The entry for ‘Chia seeds ( Salvia hispanica )’ in Table 1 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is replaced by the following:

Authorised novel food

Conditions under which the novel food may be used

Additional specific labelling requirements

Other requirements

‘Chia seeds ( Salvia hispanica )

Specified food category

Maximum levels

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be “Chia seeds ( Salvia hispanica )”’

Bread products

5 % (whole or ground chia seeds)

Baked products

10 % whole chia seeds

Breakfast cereals

10 % whole chia seeds

Sterilised ready to eat meals based on cereal grains, pseudocereal grains and/or pulses

5 % whole chia seeds

Fruit, nut and seed mixes

Chia seeds as such

Confectionery (including chocolate and chocolate products), excluding chewing gums

Dairy products (including yoghurt) and analogues

Edible ices

Fruit and vegetables products (including fruit spreads, compotes with/without cereals, fruit-preparations to underlay or to be mixed with dairy products, fruit desserts, mixed fruits with coconut milk for a twin pot)

Non-alcoholic beverages (including fruit juice and fruit/vegetable blend beverages)

Puddings that do not require heat treatment at or above 120 °C in their manufacture, processing or preparation