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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Amendment No. 125 - 2011

The following instruments are separate instruments in the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments and are known collectively in the Food Standards Gazette as Amendment No. 125.
Food Standards (Food Standards (Application A1034 - Advantame as a High Intensity Sweetener) Variation
The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this variation under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The Standard commences on the date specified in clause 3 of this variation.
Dated 2 September 2011.
Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
1 Name
This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1034 - Advantame as a High Intensity Sweetener) Variation.
2 Variation to Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
The Schedule varies the Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
3 Commencement
These variations commence on 8 September 2011.
SCHEDULE
[1] Standard 1.2.4 is varied by inserting in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 -
Advantame -
[2] Standard 1.3.1 is varied by inserting in Schedule 2 in Alphabetical Listing and Numeric Listing -
- Advantame
[3] Standard 1.3.4 is varied by inserting in the Schedule -
Specifications for Advantame
1. Purity
Specification Parameter Specification Value Analytical Methodology
Assay Not less than 97.0% and not more than 102.0% on anhydrous basis High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC)
Specific rotation [?] 20 D Between -45° and -38° Japanese Pharmacopeia
Advantame-acid Not more than 1.0% HPLC
Total other related substances Not more than 1.5% HPLC
Water Not more than 5.0% Karl Fischer coulometric titration
Residue on ignition No more than 0.2% Japanese Pharmacopeia
2. Residual Solvents
Specification Parameter Specification Value Analytical Methodology
Methyl Acetate No more than 500 mg/kg Gas chromatography
Isopropyl Acetate No more than 2000 mg/kg Gas chromatography
Methanol No more than 500 mg/kg Gas chromatography
2-Propanol No more than 500 mg/kg Gas chromatography
Food Standards (Application A1050 - Glycerophospholipid Cholesterol Acyltransferase as a Processing Aid) Variation
The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this variation under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The Standard commences on the date specified in clause 3 of this variation.
Dated 2 September 2011.
Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
1 Name
This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1050 - Glycerophospholipid Cholesterol Acyltransferase as a Processing Aid) Variation.
2 Variation to Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
The Schedule varies the Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
3 Commencement
These variations commence on 8 September 2011.
SCHEDULE
[1] Standard 1.3.3 is varied by inserting in the Table to clause 17 -
Glycerophospholipid cholesterol acyltransferase, protein engineered variant
EC 2.3.1.43 Bacillus licheniformis, containing the gene for
glycerophospholipid cholesterol acyltransferase isolated
from Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida