Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1263 of 30 June 2025 authorising the placing on the market of roasted seeds of Dipteryx alata Vogel (baru) as a traditional food from a third country and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1263
• Articles: 3

Article 1

1.   Roasted seeds of Dipteryx alata Vogel (baru) are authorised to be placed on the market within the Union.

Roasted seeds of Dipteryx alata Vogel (baru) shall 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.

2.   The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended in accordance with 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 Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended as follows:

(1)

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

Authorised novel food

Conditions under which the novel food may be used

Additional specific labelling requirements

Other requirements

Data protection

‘ Roasted seeds of Dipteryx alata Vogel (baru) (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 ‘roasted nuts of Dipteryx alata ’ or ‘roasted baru ( Dipteryx alata) nuts’’.

Not specified

(2)

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

Authorised Novel Food

Specification

‘ Roasted seeds of Dipteryx alata Vogel (baru) (traditional food from a third country)

Description/Definition:

The traditional food consists of whole roasted nuts (seeds) of Dipteryx alata Vogel [Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)].

Synonyms: Coumarouna alata (Vogel) Taub.

Common names: Baru, bajuró, cumaru, cumarurana, and feijão-coco.

Typical composition range:

Water activity: ≤ 0,5

Moisture (g/100 g): ≤ 5

Protein (g/100 g): 20-35

Ash (g/100 g): ≤ 3,5

Total carbohydrates (g/100 g): 40-50

Fat (g/100 g): 20-35

Heavy metals:

Lead: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg

Arsenic: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg

Cadmium: ≤ 0,2 mg/kg

Process contaminants:

Acrylamide: ≤ 300 μg/kg

Mycotoxins:

Sum of Aflatoxins (B1+B2+G1+G2): < 4 μg/kg

Aflatoxin B1: < 2 μg/kg

Microbiological criteria:

Total aerobic mesophilic count: ≤ 5 000 cfu/g

Yeast & Moulds: ≤ 100 cfu/g

E. coli : ≤ 10 cfu/g

Salmonella : Not detected in 25 g

Coliforms: ≤ 100 cfu/g

Enterobacteriaceae: ≤ 1 000 cfu/g

Bacillus cereus : ≤ 100 cfu/g

Staphylococcus aureus : ≤ 100 cfu/g

Spores of sulphite-reducing clostridia: ≤ 100 cfu/g

cfu: colony forming units’