
Article 1 
Dried and roasted leaves of Morinda citrifolia as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Community as a novel food ingredient for the preparation of infusions.
Article 2 
The designation of the novel food ingredient authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuff containing it shall be ‘Noni leaves’ or ‘leaves of Morinda citrifolia’.
Article 3 
Dried and roasted leaves of Morinda citrifolia shall be exclusively used for the preparation of infusions. They shall be presented in such a manner that a cup of infusion to be consumed would not be prepared with more than 1 g of dried and roasted leaves of Morinda citrifolia.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to Morinda Inc., 333 West River Park Drive, Provo, Utah 84604, USA.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
After cutting, the leaves of Morinda citrifolia are subject to drying and roasting steps. The product has a particle size ranging from broken leaves to coarse powder with fines. It is of greenish brown to brown colour.


Moisture < 5,2 %
Protein 17 to 20 %
Carbohydrate 55 to 65 %
Ash 10 to 13 %
Fat 4-9 %
Oxalic acid < 0,14 %
Tannic acid < 2,7 %
5,15-dimethylmorindol less than 47 mg/kg
Rubiadin non detectable
Lucidin non detectable
