Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2191 of 10 December 2021 authorising the placing on the market of fresh plants of Wolffia arrhiza and/or Wolffia globosa as a traditional food from a third country 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) 2021/2191
• Articles: 4

Article 1

1.   The fresh plants of Wolffia arrhiza and/or of Wolffia globosa , as specified in the Annex to this Regulation, shall be included as a traditional food from a third country in the Union list of authorised novel foods established in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.

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

Article 2

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 3

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 Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended as follows:

(1)

the following entry is inserted in Table 1 (Authorised novel foods):

‘Authorised novel food

Conditions under which the novel food may be used

Additional specific labelling requirements

Other requirements

Wolffia arrhiza and/or Wolffia globosa fresh plants (Traditional food from a third country)

Specified food category

Maximum levels

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be “ Wolffia arrhiza and Wolffia globosa ” or “ Wolffia arrhiza ” or “ Wolffia globosa ” depending on the plant used.’

Wolffia arrhiza and/or Wolffia globosa fresh plants as such

(2)

the following entry is inserted in Table 2 (Specifications):

‘Authorised Novel Food

Specifications

Wolffia arrhiza and/or Wolffia globosa fresh plants (Traditional food from a third country)

Description/Definition:

The traditional food consists of fresh plants of Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. and/or of Wolffia globosa (Roxb.) Hartog & Plas (family: Araceae).

Microbiological criteria:

Total plate count: < 10 3 CFU/g

Total yeast and mould count: < 100 CFU/g

Total Enterobacteriaceae: < 100 CFU/g

Escherichia coli : < 100 CFU/g

Salmonella : Absence in 25 g

Listeria monocytogenes : Absence in 25 g

Staphylococcus aureus : Absence/10 g

Heavy metals:

Lead: < 0,3 mg/kg

Arsenic (inorganic): < 0,10 mg/kg

Cadmium: < 0,2 mg/kg

Chromium: < 1 mg/kg

Mercury: < 0,10 mg/kg

Trace elements:

Copper: < 0,8 mg/kg

Molybdenum: < 0,3 mg/kg

Zinc: < 5 mg/kg

Boron: < 5 mg/kg

Manganese: < 6 mg/kg

Cyanotoxins:

Microcystins: 0,006 μg/g

Pesticides:

Pesticide levels in accordance with Code number 0254000 (“Subgroup (d) watercresses” in the group of Leaf vegetables, herbs and edible flowers) set out in Regulation (EC) No 396/2005  ( 1 ) .

(*)

CFU: Colony Forming Units.’

( 1 )   Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC ( OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1 ).