
Article 1 
Chia (Salvia hispanica) seed as specified in Annex I may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food ingredient for the uses listed in Annex II.
Chia (Salvia hispanica) seed as such may be sold to the final consumer in a pre-packaged form only.
Article 2 
The designation of Chia (Salvia hispanica) seed authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Chia (Salvia hispanica) seeds’.
Additional labelling of pre-packaged Chia (Salvia hispanica) seed is required to inform the consumer that the daily intake is no more than 15 g.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to The Chia Company, 262-276 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207 Australia.
Done at Brussels, 22 January 2013.
For the Commission
Tonio BORG
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
Chia (Salvia hispanica) is a summer annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Labiatae family.

Post-harvest the seeds are cleaned mechanically. Flowers, leaves and other parts of the plant are removed.


Dry matter 91-96 %
Protein 20-22 %
Fat 30-35 %
Carbohydrate 25-41 %
Dietary fibre (Crude Fibre) 18-30 %
Ash 4-6 %


ANNEX II
Baked products not more than 10 %
Breakfast cereals not more than 10 %
Fruit, nut and seed mixes not more than 10 %
Pre-packaged Chia seed as such not more than 15 g per day