substances potentiellement actives. • Albizia julibrissin Durazz : la demande concerne l’utilisation des fleurs de cet « arbre à soie », acacia de Constantinople ou mimosa de Constantinople • Pueraria lobata (kudzu) : les racines, les feuilles et les fleurs ont un statut non Novel Food. En revanche, l’extrait alcoo- lique de la racine de kudzu (Pueraria lo- bata (Willd.) Ohwi) est considéré comme Novel Food. • ADDITIONS TO THE NOVEL FOOD CATALOG •Lentinula edodes (dehydrated myce- lium powder): use of dehydrated myce- lium powder of shiitake • Agaricus blazei (dehydrated mycelium powder): use of the dehydrated myce- lium powder of this «sun mushroom». The consumption of the carpophore (repro- ductive part of the mushroom) is safe and significant in the European Union before May 15, 1997. However, it is not possible to establish an equivalence relationship between the reproductive and vegeta- tive parts of the mushroom in terms of nutritional composition, metabolites and potentially active substances. •Albizia julibrissin Durazz: the applica- tion concerns the use of the flowers of this «silk tree», Constantinople acacia or Constantinople mimosa • Pueraria lobata (kudzu): the roots, leaves and flowers have a non Novel Food sta- tus. On the other hand, the alcoholic ex- tract of the root of kudzu (Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi) is considered Novel Food. • #76 - 56 -GAM s’fitcA