10 Jan 2018 --- Marinova’s Maritech fucoidan extracts have gained novel foods status in the EU. Extracted from Undaria pinnatifida and Fucus vesiculosus seaweed, these bioactive marine ingredients mark the first fucoidans to receive approval as novel foods. The official approval notice was issued by the Superior Health Council of Belgium on 5 December, 2017, making Maritech fucoidans the only fucoidan ingredients with global regulatory acceptance. This includes FDA notified GRAS in the USA, TGA listable ingredients in Australia, NHP listed in Canada, KFDA registered in Korea and now novel foods status in Europe, Claire Smoorenburg, Marketing & Communications Officer at Marinova, tells NutritionInsight.
