The following instruments are separate instruments in the Federal Register of Legislation and are known collectively in the Food Standards Gazette as Amendment No. 228.

Food Standards (Application A1254 – Rosemary Extract as a Food Additive – extension of use) 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 variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 of this variation.

Dated 23 May 2024.

MATTHEW O’MULLANE, General Manager Risk Management and Intelligence, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1254 – Rosemary Extract as a Food Additive – extension of use) Variation.

2 Variation to a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

The Schedule varies a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement

The variation commences on the date of gazettal.

Schedule

Schedule 15 — Substances that may be used as food additives

[1] Subsection S15—5 (table, numbered heading “2.1 Edible oils essentially free of water”, table item dealing with Rosemary extract)

Repeal the item, substitute:

[2] Subsection S15—5 (table, numbered heading “6.4 Flour products (including noodles and pasta)”, table item dealing with Rosemary extract)

Repeal the item, substitute:

[3] Subsection S15—5 (table, numbered heading “7.1.1 Fancy Breads”, after the table item dealing with Steviol glycosides)

Insert:

[4] Subsection S15—5 (table, numbered heading “8.3.1 Fermented, uncooked processed comminuted meat products”, after the table item dealing with Nitrates (potassium and sodium salts))

Insert:

[5] Subsection S15—5 (table, numbered heading “8.3.2 Sausage and sausage meat containing raw, unprocessed meat”, table item dealing with Rosemary extract)

Repeal the item, substitute:

[6] Subsection S15—5 (table, numbered heading “20.2.06 Starch based snacks (from root and tuber vegetables, legumes and pulses)”)

Repeal the numbered heading, substitute:

Food Standards (Application A1273 – Steviol glycosides as a food additive in Food for special medical purposes) 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 variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 of this variation.

Dated 23 May 2024.

MATTHEW O’MULLANE, General Manager Risk Management and Intelligence, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1273 – Steviol glycosides as a food additive in Food for special medical purposes) Variation.

2 Variation to Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

The Schedule varies a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement

The variation commences on the date of gazettal.

Schedule

Schedule 15—Substances that may be used as food additives

[1] Section S15—5 (table, numbered heading “13.5 Food for special medical purposes”, after the table item dealing with ‘Saccharin’)

Insert:

Food Standards (Application A1275 – Transglutaminase from GM Bacillus licheniformis 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 variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 of this variation.

Dated 23 May 2024.

MATTHEW O’MULLANE, General Manager, Risk Management and Intelligence, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1275 – Transglutaminase from GM Bacillus licheniformis as a processing aid) Variation.

2 Variation to a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

The Schedule varies a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement

The variation commences on the date of gazettal.

Schedule

Schedule 18—Processing aids

[1] Subsection S18—9(3) (table)

Insert:

Food Standards (Application A1276 – Food derived from herbicide-tolerant soybean line MON94313) 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 variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 of the variation.

Dated 22 May 2024.

CHRISTEL LEEMHUIS, General Manager, Science and Risk Assessment, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1276 – Food derived from herbicide-tolerant soybean line MON94313) Variation.

2 Variation to a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

The Schedule varies a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement

The variation commences on the date of gazettal.

Schedule

Schedule 26—Food produced using gene technology

[1] Subsection S26—3(4) (table item 7, column headed “Food derived from:”)

Insert:

Food Standards (Application A1277 – 2′-FL from GM Escherichia coli K-12 (gene donor: Helicobacter enhydrae) in infant formula products) 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 variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 of this variation.

Dated 23 May 2024.

MATTHEW O’MULLANE, General Manager, Risk Management and Intelligence, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1277 – 2′-FL from GM Escherichia coli K-12 (gene donor: Helicobacter enhydrae) in infant formula products) Variation.

2 Variation to Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

The Schedule varies Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement

The variation commences on the date of gazettal.

Schedule

Schedule 3—Identity and purity

[1] Subsection S3—2(2) (table item dealing with 2′-fucosyllactose sourced from Escherichia coli K-12 containing the gene for alpha-1,2-fucosyltransferase from either Helicobacter pylori or Bacteroides vulgatus)

Omit “either Helicobacter pylori or”, substitute “either Helicobacter enhydrae, Helicobacter pylori, or”

[2] Section S3—40

Omit “either Helicobacter pylori or”, substitute “either Helicobacter enhydrae, Helicobacter pylori, or”

Schedule 26—Food produced using gene technology

[3] Subsection S26—3(7) (table item 1)

Insert: