Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver an opinion on dried biomass powder of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii THN 6 as a novel food (NF) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. During the risk assessment, the Panel identified a number of data gaps which needed to be addressed by the applicant. Therefore, an EFSA request for additional information was sent to the applicant. The requested data pertained to the identity, the production process, composition, specifications, history of use, proposed uses and use levels, nutritional information, genotoxicity and allergenicity of the NF. Despite being contacted several times, the applicant did not reply to EFSA’s requests for additional data. The Panel concludes that, based on the available data, the safety of the NF, i.e. dried biomass powder of C. reinhardtii THN 6, cannot be established.
