
Article 1 
Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) as a source of Vitamin K as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Community as a novel food ingredient to be used in compliance with Directive 2001/15/EC and/or Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006.
Article 2 
The designation of the novel food ingredient authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuff containing it shall be ‘Menaquinone’ or ‘Vitamin K’.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to NattoParma, Dammensveien 40, PO Box 2896 Solli, N-0230 Oslo, Norway.
Done at Brussels, 22 April 2009.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
Vitamin K 2 (2-methyl-3-all-trans-polyprenyl-1,4-naphthoquinones), or the menaquinone series, is a group of prenylated naphthoquinone derivatives. The number of isoprene residues, where 1 isoprene unit consists of 5 carbons comprising the side chain, is used to characterise the menaquinone homologues. It is presented in an oil suspension that primarily contains MK-7, and MK-6 to a smaller extent.



Vitamin K (menaquinone) series with menaquinone-7 (MK-7)(n = 6) being C46H64O2, menaquinone-6 (MK-6)(n = 5) being C41H56O2 and menaquinone-4 (MK-4)(n = 3) being C31H40O2.
