EFSA JournalVolume 7, Issue 4 998 OpinionOpen Access Opinion on the safety of Tahitian Noni® ‘Morinda citrifolia (noni) fruit puree and concentrate’ as a novel food ingredient European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)Search for more papers by this author European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)Search for more papers by this author First published: 03 April 2009 https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2009.998Citations: 3 Panel members: Jean-Louis Bresson, Albert Flynn, Marina Heinonen, Karin Hulshof, Hannu Korhonen, Pagona Lagiou, Martinus Løvik, Rosangela Marchelli, Ambroise Martin, Bevan Moseley, Hildegard Przyrembel, Seppo Salminen, John (Sean) J Strain, Stephan Strobel, Inge Tetens, Henk van den Berg, Hendrik van Loveren and Hans Verhagen. Acknowledgement: The European Food Safety Authority wishes to thank the members of the Working Group for the preparation of this opinion: Jean-Louis Bresson, Karl-Heinz Engel, Marina Heinonen, Pagona Lagiou, Bevan Moseley, Andreu Palou, Annette Pöting, Seppo Salminen, Hendrik Van Loveren and Hans Verhagen. Adoption date: 13 March 2009 Published date: 3 April 2009 Question number: EFSA-Q-2007-181 AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), 2006: Opinion on a request from the Commission related to the safety of noni juice (juice of the fruits from Morinda citrifolia). The EFSA Journal 376, 1– 12. Evira (Finnish Food Safety Authority), 2008. Letter of the Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira to EFSA, Subject: Noni Juice suspected to be behind of two hepatotoxicty cases; dated 12 September 2008, unpublished. FSA (Food Standards Agency), 2006.; letter to the applicant including the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) on substantial equivalence of noni juice produced by Leap of Faith Farms considered under Article 5 of the Novel Foods Regulation. www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/noniloffletterandukopinion.pdf. Gregory JR, Collin DL, Davies P.S.W., Hughes JM, Clarke PC, 1995. National Diet and Nutrition Survey: Children Aged 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 Years. Vol. 1: Report of the Diet and Nutrition Survey. Her Majesty's Stationary Office (HMSO), London, Eng. Juluri R and Vuppulanchi R, 2008. Liver injury after consumption of high dose of Tahitian Noni juice. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course; Abstract ID# P899. López-Cepero Andrada JM, Lerma Castilla S, Fernández Olvera MD, Amaya Vidal A, 2007. Hepatotoxicity caused by a Noni (Morinda citrifolia) preparation. Rev Esp Enferm Dig 99, 179– 181. Matrana M, Patel K, Barlapudi S, Daste C, Duet J, 2007. Acute drug-induced hepatitis associated with Noni Juice ingestion. Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans. The Ochsner J Volume 7, Issue 2 (Summer 2007) <www.ochsnerjournal.org/archive/1524-5012/7/2/pdf/i1524-5012-7-2-94.pdf>. Millonig G, Stadlmann S, Vogel W, 2005. Herbal hepatotoxicity: acute hepatitis caused by a Noni preparation (Morinda citrifolia). Eur J Gastroengterol Hepatol 17, 445– 447. Müller CJ, Botelho GGK, Bufalo AC, Boareto AC Rattmann YD, Martins ES, Gabrini DA, Otuki MF, Dalseter PR, 2008. Morinda citrifolia Linn (Noni): In vivo and in vitro reproductive toxicology. J Ethnopharmacol 121, 229– 233. Stadlbauer V, Fickert P, Lackner C, Schmerlaib J, Krisper P, Trauner M, Stauber RE, 2005. Hepatoxicity of Noni Juice: Report of two cases. World J Gastroenterol 11, 4758– 4760. Stadlbauer V, Weiss S, Payer F, Stauber RE, 2008. Herbal Does Not At All Mean Innocuous: The Sixth Case of Hepatotoxicity Associated With Morinda Citrifolia (Noni). The American J Gastroenterol 103, 2406– 2407. SCF (Scientific Committee on Food), 2002. Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food on Tahitian Noni® juice expressed on 4 December 2002. <ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/out151_en.pdf>. West BJ, Su CX, Jensen CJ, 2008. Prenatal toxicity test of Morinda citrifolia (noni) fruit. J Toxico Sci 33, 647– 649. Yüce B, Gülberg V, Diebold J, Gerbes AL, 2006. Hepatatis Induced by Noni Juice from Morinda citrifolia: A Rare Cause of Hepatoxicity or the Tip of the Iceberg? Digestion 73, 167– 170. Citing Literature Volume7, Issue4April 2009998 ReferencesRelatedInformation