
Article 1 
‘Maize-germ oil high in unsaponifiable matter’, as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Community as a novel food ingredient for use in food supplements.
Article 2 
The maximum amount of ‘maize-germ oil high in unsaponifiable matter’ present in a portion recommended for daily consumption by the manufacturer shall be 2 g.
Article 3 
The designation of the novel food ingredient shall be ‘maize-germ oil extract’.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to Laboratoires Expanscience, Siège Social, 10, Avenue de l’Arche, F-92419 Courbevoie Cedex.
Done at Brussels, 24 October 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
‘Maize-germ oil high in unsaponifiable matter’ is produced by vacuum distillation and it is different from refined maize-germ oil in the concentration of the unsaponifiable fraction (1,2 g in refined maize-germ oil and 10 g in ‘maize-germ oil high in unsaponifiable matter’).


Unsaponifiable matter > 9 g/100 g
Tocopherols ≥ 1,3 g/100 g
α-tocopherol (%) 10-25 %
β-tocopherol (%) < 3 %
γ-tocopherol (%) 68-89 %
δ-tocopherol (%) < 7 %
Sterols, triterpenic alcohols, methylsterols > 6,5g/100 g
Fatty acids in tryglycerides
palmitic acid 10-20 %
stearic acid < 3,3 %
oleic acid 20-42,2 %
linoleic acid 34-65,6 %
linolenic acid < 2 %
Acid value ≤ 6 mg KOH/g
Peroxide value ≤ 10 mEq O2/kg
Iron (Fe) < 1 500 μg/kg
Copper (Cu) < 100 μg/kg
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) Benzo(a)pyrene < 2 μg/kg

Treatment with active carbon is required to ensure that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are not enriched in the production of ‘maize-germ oil high in unsaponifiable matter’.
