ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I SPECIFICATIONS OF OIL FROM CALANUS FINMARCHICUS Description: The novel food is ruby coloured, slightly viscous oil with a slight shellfish odour extracted from the crustacean (marine zooplankton) Calanus finmarchicus . The ingredient consists primarily of wax esters (> 85 %) with minor amounts of triglycerides and other neutral lipids. Specifications Parameter Specifications values Water < 1 % Wax esters > 85 % Total fatty acids > 46 % Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) > 3 % Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) > 4 % Total fatty alcohols > 28 % C20:1 n-9 fatty alcohol > 9 % C22:1 n-11 fatty alcohol > 12 % Trans fatty acids < 1 % Astaxanthin esters < 0,1 % Peroxide value < 3 meq. O 2 /kg