Article 1

Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, hydroxytyrosol as specified in Annex I to this Decision may be placed on the Union market as a novel food ingredient intended for the general population, excluding children under the age of three years, pregnant women, and lactating women, for the uses defined and at the maximum levels established in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

1.

The designation of hydroxytyrosol authorised by this Decision for the labelling of the food products shall be ‘hydroxytyrosol’.

2.

The labelling of the food products containing hydroxytyrosol shall bear the following statements:

  1. (a)

    ‘This food product should not be consumed by children under the age of three years, pregnant women, and lactating women;

  2. (b)

    This food product should not be used for cooking, baking or frying’.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to Seprox Biotech, Centro Empresarial Ingenia N-8, Parque Tecnológico Fuente Álamo, 30320 Fuente Álamo, Murcia, Spain.

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2017.

For the Commission

Vytenis Andriukaitis

Member of the Commission