
Article 1 
The entry in the Union list of authorised novel foods as provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 referring to the novel food ‘Antarctic Krill oil from Euphausia superba’ shall be amended as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 24 January 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

The entry for ‘Antarctic Krill oil from Euphausia superba’ in Table 2 (Specifications) of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is replaced by the following:

Authorised Novel Food Specifications
‘Antarctic Krill oil fromEuphausia superba 
To produce lipid extract from Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) deep-frozen crushed krill or dried krill meal is subjected to lipid extraction with an approved extraction solvent (under Directive 2009/32/EC). Proteins and krill material are removed from the lipid extract by filtration. The extraction solvents and residual water are removed by evaporation.

Saponification value: ≤ 230 mg KOH/g

Peroxide value (PV): ≤ 3 meq O2/kg oil

Oxidative stability: All food products containing Antarctic Krill oil from Euphausia superba should demonstrate oxidative stability by appropriate and recognised national/international test methodology (e.g. AOAC).

Moisture and volatiles: ≤ 3 % or 0,6 expressed as water activity at 25 °C

Phospholipids: ≥ 35 % to < 60 %

Trans-fatty acids: ≤ 1 %

EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid): ≥ 9 %

DHA (docosahexaenoic acid): ≥ 5 %’

