2009/348/EC: Commission Decision of 23 April 2009 authorising the placing on the market of lycopene as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2009) 2975)

Synthetic lycopene (hereinafter the product), as specified in Annex I may be placed on the market in the Community as a novel food ingredient to be used in the foods listed in Annex II.

The designation of the novel food ingredient authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuff containing it shall be ‘lycopene’.

The company BASF shall establish a monitoring programme accompanying the marketing of the product. This programme shall encompass information about use levels of lycopene in foods as specified in Annex III. The data collected shall be made available to the Commission and Member States. In the light of new information and a report of EFSA, at the latest in the year 2014 the use of ‘lycopene’ as an ingredient to foods shall be reviewed.

This Decision is addressed to BASF AG, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany.