Novel food and parnuts approval granted for NKO in the EU

摘要

Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. (Neptune) announced on 19 February that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved Neptune krill oil ('NKO') as a novel food and par-nuts ("particular nutritional purposes") for commercialization in the European Union. The EU approval for NKO as a novel food and parnuts allows its immediate commercialization at a clinically proven effective daily dose in all 27 European countries, say Neptune.