Notice Title

Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code—Amendment No. 234

Food Standards (Application A1260 – 2-Methyloxolane 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 6 January 2025.

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

Note:

This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 174 13 January 2025. This means that this date is the gazettal date for the purposes of clause 3 of the variation.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1260 – 2-Methyloxolane as a processing aid) 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, before the table item dealing with ‘Nicotinamide riboside chloride’)

Insert:

 

2-Methyloxolane

section S3—52

[2] After section S3—51

Insert:

S3—52 Specification for 2-Methyloxolane

For 2-Methyloxolane, the specifications are the following:

(a) chemical name—2-Methyloxolane;

(b) chemical formula—C5H10O;

(c) CAS Number—96-47-9;

(d) purity (on a dry weight basis)—not less than 99.9%;

(e) ethanol (on a dry weight basis)—not more than 450 mg/kg;

(f) furan (on a dry weight basis)—not more than 50 mg/kg;

(g) 2-methylfuran (on a dry weight basis)—not more than 500 mg/kg.

Schedule 18Processing aids

[3] Section S18—8 (table, before the table item dealing with ‘Propane’)

Insert:

2-Methyloxolane

Infant formula products

3

 

Foods for infants

5

 

Formulated supplementary foods for young children

5

 

All other foods

20


Food Standards (Application A1289 – Food derived from disease-resistant, low-reducing sugars and reduced browning potato line BG25) 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 2 January 2025.

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

Note:

This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 174 on 13 January 2025. This means that this date is the gazettal date for the purposes of clause 3 of the variation.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1289 – Food derived from disease-resistant, low-reducing sugars and reduced browning potato line BG25) 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 5, column headed “Food derived from:”)

Insert:

 

(i) disease-resistant, low-reducing sugars and reduced browning potato line BG25

 

Food Standards (Application A1291 – Glucoamylase from GM Aspergillus niger 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 6 January 2025.

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

Note:

This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 174 on 13 January 2025. This means that this date is the gazettal date for the purposes of clause 3 of the variation.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1291 – Glucoamylase from GM Aspergillus niger 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:

Glucoamylase, protein engineered variant, (EC 3.2.1.3) sourced from Aspergillus niger containing the glucoamylase gene from Gloeophyllum sepiarium

For use in:

(a) baking;

(b) brewing;

(c) the production of distilled alcohol; and

(d) starch processing for the production of glucose syrups and other starch hydrolysates.

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