2012/725/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 22 November 2012 authorising the placing on the market of bovine lactoferrin as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Morinaga) (notified under document C(2012) 8390)

Bovine lactoferrin as specified in Annex I may be placed on the market as a novel food ingredient for the uses defined and at the maximum levels established in Annex II, and without prejudice to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council .

The designation of bovine lactoferrin authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Lactoferrin from cow’s milk’.

This Decision is addressed to Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd, 33-1, Shiba 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8384, Japan.