Assessment report Phytosterols, applicant Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)

A report on the initial assessment of phytosterols by the company Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM).

The application concerns the substance phytosterols which can be sold as a separate product, or can be used as an ingredient in certain types of food products.

This report describes a so-called ‘initial assessment’ according to the European approval procedure for novel foods, as governed by European Regulation 258/97.

The Novel Foods Unit sent this assessment report to the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport on 13 December 2001.